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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "New College of the Humanities (NCH) is an independent undergraduate college in London, England, UK, founded by the philosopher A.C. Grayling, who became its first Master. Since September 2012 it has been offering tuition in economics, English, history, law and philosophy and Politics and International Relations for undergraduate degrees with the University of London International Programmes. In addition, it requires all students to work towards a \"Diploma of New College of the Humanities\" by completing courses drawn from one of the other degree subjects, and also in applied ethics, logic and critical thinking, science literacy and business and professional skills. The college uses its own building, The Registry, and some of the University of London's teaching and student facilities, including Senate House Library and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, all in the Bloomsbury district of London.NCH charges students annual fees of £18,000, twice the maximum fee publicly funded universities in England may charge domestic students from 2012, with its charitable trust aiming to provide \"almost 30%\" of NCH students assisted places in the first year. In addition to Grayling, 13 senior academics have been named as partners, including the biologist Richard Dawkins. The college's advisory board includes Zeinab Badawi of the BBC, Ian Rumfitt of University of Birmingham, and the heads of one state and four independent schools.The announcement attracted a substantial response in the UK, and a significant amount of adverse publicity, where most higher education institutions are publicly funded. London's mayor, Boris Johnson, welcomed it as a bold experiment, while The Times argued that higher education has been a closed shop in the UK for too long. There was an angry reaction from sections of the academic community. Complaints included that NCH had copied the course descriptions of the University of London's international programmes on its website; was offering the same syllabus with a significantly higher price tag; and that the senior academics involved with the project would in fact do very little of the teaching.Academics and Administrators within the British academic world have in recent years alluded to the College's for-profit agenda, highlight the College's high tuition fees, the corporate structure as a Limited company, and the membership of the College's board."@en }

• New_College_of_the_Humanities abstract "New College of the Humanities (NCH) is an independent undergraduate college in London, England, UK, founded by the philosopher A.C. Grayling, who became its first Master. Since September 2012 it has been offering tuition in economics, English, history, law and philosophy and Politics and International Relations for undergraduate degrees with the University of London International Programmes. In addition, it requires all students to work towards a \"Diploma of New College of the Humanities\" by completing courses drawn from one of the other degree subjects, and also in applied ethics, logic and critical thinking, science literacy and business and professional skills. The college uses its own building, The Registry, and some of the University of London's teaching and student facilities, including Senate House Library and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, all in the Bloomsbury district of London.NCH charges students annual fees of £18,000, twice the maximum fee publicly funded universities in England may charge domestic students from 2012, with its charitable trust aiming to provide \"almost 30%\" of NCH students assisted places in the first year. In addition to Grayling, 13 senior academics have been named as partners, including the biologist Richard Dawkins. The college's advisory board includes Zeinab Badawi of the BBC, Ian Rumfitt of University of Birmingham, and the heads of one state and four independent schools.The announcement attracted a substantial response in the UK, and a significant amount of adverse publicity, where most higher education institutions are publicly funded. London's mayor, Boris Johnson, welcomed it as a bold experiment, while The Times argued that higher education has been a closed shop in the UK for too long. There was an angry reaction from sections of the academic community. Complaints included that NCH had copied the course descriptions of the University of London's international programmes on its website; was offering the same syllabus with a significantly higher price tag; and that the senior academics involved with the project would in fact do very little of the teaching.Academics and Administrators within the British academic world have in recent years alluded to the College's for-profit agenda, highlight the College's high tuition fees, the corporate structure as a Limited company, and the membership of the College's board.".