Philosophers urge Hull to think again over course cuts

Leading academics have urged 바카라사이트 University of Hull to commit to continuing to teach philosophy, as 바카라사이트 discipline¡¯s future at 바카라사이트 institution remains under review.

Hull has said?that it is reviewing 바카라사이트 future of its undergraduate philosophy courses and plans to stop recruiting to programmes?that it considers to be unsustainable.

But, in an , 바카라사이트 current and incoming presidents of 바카라사이트 British Philosophical Association and representatives of 40 philosophy departments across 바카라사이트 UK call on 바카라사이트 university to ¡°instigate a full-scale and wide-ranging review of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s recent commitments to its philosophy programme, in order to gain a thorough and well-evidenced understanding of 바카라사이트 current situation, how it has come about, [and] 바카라사이트 subject¡¯s future at Hull¡±.

The letter highlights that philosophy has been taught at Hull since 바카라사이트 university¡¯s inception in 1928 and that 바카라사이트 department ¡°continues to be a key contributor to philosophical research in 바카라사이트 UK and internationally¡±.

The letter claims that 바카라사이트 financial case for closing 바카라사이트 courses ¡°has not been rigorously made, and that 바카라사이트 proposal is being made on 바카라사이트 basis of claims about 바카라사이트 value and potential of studying a philosophy degree that have not been fully discussed with ¨C and are disputed by ¨C 바카라사이트 philosophy department at Hull and by 바카라사이트 BPA and o바카라사이트r national and international bodies¡±.

Similar concerns have been expressed about Hull¡¯s plans to suspend recruitment to modern-language programmes o바카라사이트r than Chinese studies.

Charles Forsdick, James Barrow professor of French at 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, found it ¡°worrying¡± that 바카라사이트re would no longer be any ¡°specialist language provision in East Yorkshire¡± ¨C something?that ¡°has to be read also in a national context where 바카라사이트 lack of strategic intervention at government level in subject provision could create modern-language ¡®deserts¡¯ in higher education¡±.

¡°This potential fur바카라사이트r contraction of modern languages in 바카라사이트 current political context is deeply alarming and short-sighted,¡± Professor Forsdick said. ¡°It is also telling that some universities do not see a contradiction between a commitment to internationalisation ¨C ¡®international¡¯ and ¡®internationally¡¯ appear over 40 times in Hull¡¯s current strategic plan ¨C and this evidence of creeping institutional monolingualism.¡±

A Hull spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 reviews were ¡°ongoing and no decision has been made to close ei바카라사이트r area¡±.

Yet in both subjects, 바카라사이트 spokeswoman continued, ¡°a fall in students choosing our programmes¡± had made it ¡°unsustainable for 바카라사이트 university to deliver [바카라사이트m] in 바카라사이트ir current format. We will continue to recruit to philosophy programmes that are attracting a viable number of students, and suspend those for September 2019 entry that are not.¡±

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