{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English ","title":"#577 | A Short History Of Universities","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/eccdaa67\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1364,"description":"In part one of a three-part mini-series on the theme of \"university\", we go on a whirlwind tour of the history of universities, from medieval student guilds in Bologna to the modern day. \n\n\nThe University of Bologna nears its thousand-year anniversary.\nWhy universities emerged: stability, trade, rediscovered texts, Church needs.\nStudent guilds hired teachers; papal charters granted privileges, recognition.\nMedieval curriculum and university specialisations in law, theology, medicine.\nRenaissance humanism broadened studies beyond law and theology.\nScientific Revolution made universities producers of new knowledge.\nHumboldt model united teaching and research in modern universities.\nPost-war expansion massified higher education around the world.\nToday: many universities, 250 million students; degrees often required.\nUK participation reaches 50%; rising costs and student debt.\n\n\n\nFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/history-of-university","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}