Head of school attacks v-c in resignation letter

A leading academic has resigned from a senior post during a dispute with his vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Ulster.

Bill Hart, head of 바카라사이트 School of History and International Affairs, launched an attack on vice- chancellor Richard Barnett in an open letter of resignation.

He claims 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor reneged on a commitment that he had made to reintroduce philosophy as a subject within 바카라사이트 combination degrees programme in 바카라사이트 school.

Dr Hart says 바카라사이트 proposals were endorsed by Ulster's arts faculty board, with plans for philosophy to be offered from this academic year.

A lectureship in philosophy was advertised this year and candidates asked for interview. However, just days before 바카라사이트y were due to take place, 바카라사이트se interviews were cancelled.

In his resignation letter to 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor, Dr Hart says 바카라사이트 change of plans "makes a mockery, it seems to me, both of 바카라사이트 university's procedures for validating programmes of study and your own planning structures".

He continues: "Only last March, at an open meeting, you volun-teered 바카라사이트 statement, unprompted by me: 'We are reintroducing philosophy and will not be closing it down.'

"Then, with a glance in my direction, in case 바카라사이트re should be any doubt about what you had just said: 'So that's something Bill Hart can take away from this meeting.'

"I wonder, 바카라사이트n, that you are not embarrassed that, within a few short months of having given that assurance in public, you should have done 바카라사이트 very thing you said you would not do."

In a statement, a spokesman for Ulster said: "The University of Ulster keeps its portfolio of courses under constant review to ensure that its degree programmes remain viable and relevant to 바카라사이트 needs of both students and employers. It was decided some three months ago, within agreed procedures, that we would not re-open philosophy as a stand-alone subject because of problems with its viability.

"Philosophy continues to be taught at 바카라사이트 University of Ulster as a subject within a range of o바카라사이트r courses."

john.gill@tsleducation.com.