The College of Roehampton in London is one in every of a number of UK universities which have not too long ago introduced budget-related closures of applications and the shedding of college, together with, reportedly, in philosophy.
Occasions Increased Ed reports that at Roehampton, “226 lecturers have been notified that their jobs are in danger in what the college referred to as a ‘strategic realignment’ that can see cuts to its philosophy, anthropology, Classics and inventive writing programmes.”
Lia Betti, a senior lecturer in evolutionary anthropology at Roehampton, tweeted that the college is “closing Anthropology, Philosophy, Classics, Creating Writing, and several other different programmes,” and concentrating on “growing programmes with sensible expertise and business/employer engagements.” She provides, “that is successfully dismantling what had grow to be the most effective fashionable universities within the area. It’s heartbreaking.”
The state of affairs for philosophy there may be moderately unhealthy. Tom O’Shea, a senior lecturer in philosophy at Roehampton, tweeted:
Terrible information from work. The whole philosophy crew has been despatched letters telling us we’re liable to redundancy and must reapply for a decreased variety of worse roles. Different disciplines being fully axed.
It’s not clear whether or not the philosophy program at Roehampton, which incorporates undergraduate applications and an MA program, will proceed.
To my information, no particular administrator at Roehampton has taken duty for devising this plan, nor, as regular, taken any duty for any mismanagement which can have contributed to its alleged necessity.
