{"id":131473,"date":"2023-10-03T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=131473"},"modified":"2023-10-03T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:55:08","slug":"exeter-university-is-first-in-the-world-with-course-on-witchcraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/exeter-university-is-first-in-the-world-with-course-on-witchcraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter University is first in the world with course on witchcraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Now you can be a student of magic! Exeter University becomes first in the world to offer courses on history of witchcraft and its impact<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The degree will focus on the history of witchcraft and its effect on the world\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Every student knows they can&#8217;t just wave a magic wand to guarantee success at college. But it might help on a new course being offered at the University of Exeter.<\/p>\n<p>The Russell Group institution announced it will offer a master&#8217;s degree in Magic and Occult Science from next September, following &#8216;a recent surge in interest in magic&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The university pulled its rabbit out of the hat just months after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signalled a crackdown on so-called &#8216;Mickey Mouse&#8217; degrees which he said left students on a &#8216;poor-quality course at the taxpayers&#8217; expense&#8217; without the prospect of a &#8216;decent job at the end&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But the university said academics with expertise in history, literature, philosophy, archaeology, sociology, psychology, drama, and religion will show the role of magic on the West and the East &#8211; and hopefully leave students spellbound.<\/p>\n<p>The postgraduate course, it said, would be offering one of the only degrees of its kind in the UK to combine the study of the history of magic and its role in the West and the East.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/76118143-12588259-image-a-39_1696345489384.jpg\" height=\"317\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Russell Group institution announced it will offer a master&#8217;s degree in Magic and Occult Science from next September<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/16\/76118147-12588259-image-a-40_1696345509510.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The university pulled its rabbit out of the hat just months after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signalled a crackdown on so-called &#8216;Mickey Mouse&#8217; degrees<\/p>\n<p>Prof Emily Selove, course leader, said: &#8216;A recent surge in interest in magic and the occult inside and outside of academia lies at the heart of the most urgent questions of our society.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Tortured and burned, the innocent victims of Scotland&#8217;s witch-hunt hysteria: Fingernails ripped out, shins crushed and garrotted on pyres. Thousands were killed in a frenzy sparked by King James. Now, campaigners call for amnesty to wash away the &#8216;crimes&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Decolonisation, the exploration of alternative epistemologies, feminism and anti-racism are at the core of this programme.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The university said the one-year course could prepare students for careers in teaching, counselling, mentoring, heritage and museum work, work in libraries, tourism, arts organisations or the publishing industry, among other areas of work.<\/p>\n<p>A choice of modules includes dragons in western literature and art, the legend of King Arthur, palaeography, Islamic thought, archaeological theory and practice and the depiction of women in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n<p>Full time students would need to conjure up \u00a312,000 for the course.<\/p>\n<p>In July the Prime Minister proposed to put an end to &#8216;rip-off&#8217; university degrees by capping the numbers of students recruited to &#8216;low value&#8217; courses, while boosting skills training and apprenticeships provision.<\/p>\n<p>The University of South Wales offers a science and magic module as part of its history degree, while Imperial College offers a 20-week adult education course in the history of witchcraft, magic and the occult.<\/p>\n<p>The first magic degree to have official recognition was offered by Double Fond, a Parisian theatre specialising in magic. The first students on its state-approved course graduated in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12588259\/Now-student-magic-Exeter-University-world-offer-courses-history-witchcraft-impact.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now you can be a student of magic! 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