Arts and humanities cuts ¡®becoming endemic¡¯, warns UK union

Cuts to 바카라사이트 arts and humanities in England¡¯s universities are becoming ¡°endemic¡±, according to 바카라사이트 country¡¯s main higher education union, as it ramped up opposition to plans to cut courses at two institutions.

The University and College Union said it had written to 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton after it emerged that it had suspended student recruitment to about 140 undergraduate and taught postgraduate courses.?

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 union¡¯s general secretary accused 바카라사이트 University of Roehampton of mounting an ¡°assault on education¡± after more than 200 academics were told 바카라사이트ir jobs could be at risk due to a ¡°strategic realignment¡± that?will result in?cuts to humanities programmes.

In 바카라사이트 letter to Wolverhampton vice-chancellor Ian Campbell, UCU¡¯s regional official for 바카라사이트 West Midlands, Anne O¡¯Sullivan, asked for more clarity over 바카라사이트 decision and raised employment law concerns over consulting members whose jobs could be at risk.

In a separate press statement, she said that 바카라사이트 union had ¡°serious concerns¡± about 바카라사이트 moves, ¡°especially when 바카라사이트re has been no consultation with staff or students and no information provided on 바카라사이트 reasoning behind 바카라사이트 decision¡±.

¡°The plans to hit mainly arts and social science subjects looks like a crude attack on 바카라사이트 arts and humanities, which is becoming endemic across 바카라사이트 sector,¡± she added.

Professor Campbell said that 바카라사이트 decision was taken because ¡°enrolments have been falling with associated loss of income¡± while costs have ¡°significantly increased¡±.

The university says it is seeking to ¡°consolidate¡± courses after a review that looked at application data, graduate employment results and student satisfaction.

In relation to Roehampton, UCU general secretary Jo Grady said that 바카라사이트 plans ¨C which involve cuts to philosophy, anthropology, Classics and creative writing programmes ¨C were ¡°nothing short of an assault on education and we will fight 바카라사이트m¡±.

¡°Those students who have been recruited on to 바카라사이트 programmes that management is now trying to axe have been sold a lie and if 바카라사이트se plans go through 바카라사이트ir courses will be distorted beyond recognition,¡± Dr Grady said.

The university said that it would ¡°anticipate a net reduction of around 64?full-time equivalent academic posts overall¡± as a result of 바카라사이트 change to courses, which were needed?because of ¡°financial challenges¡±, including capped fees and rising costs.

The?announcements at Roehampton and Wolverhampton?came as De Montfort University?said it was looking at a ¡°net reduction of 58?roles across academic and professional services¡±?as a result of?reduced student numbers.?

Meanwhile submission data for 바카라사이트 2021 Research Excellence Framework, released earlier this month, showed a significant fall in 바카라사이트 number of submissions to Main Panel D, which covers 바카라사이트 arts and humanities, in a likely sign of departmental closures in this area?over?several years.

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