Dr Sajida Vandal has been a prominent figure in the practice and education of arts in Pakistan. Now, with a new art school set up in the cultural capital of the country, Dr Vandal and her team look to redefine the way arts education is approached. Sehrish Khan finds out how the seasoned professor plans to do it.
There is an urgent need to change society’s attitude towards arts education, Government College University Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Asghar Zaidi said on Wednesday.
Although science and technology have won over other fields of knowledge in the last few centuries, arts and humanities nonetheless attract a large number of students across the world each year. After all, the human appeal for literature, art, beauty, thinking and questioning, and for change and reformation within society is something essential and everlasting. So if you are interested in pursuing studies in the field, read on to find out which are the top universities for arts & humanities as ranked by the QS World University Subject Rankings for 2018.