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THREATS TO THE CLASSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS: OCTOBER 2010 UPDATE

As previously reported, because of financial constraints the Classics Department at
Leeds has had to propose the discontinuation of its straight language degree courses
in Latin and Greek, in order to ensure its survival as a department still able to
provide courses and research opportunities in Classical Civilisation. A university
review is now under way, which is seriously considering the closure of the whole
department, thus ending more than 100 years of Classics education in the city. The
Department is making strong representations concerning the value of Classics and
urging the university to look at alternative possible ways forward for the
discipline at Leeds. The university is committed to seeing all students who start a
course in September 2011 through to the end of their degree, and this assurance
stands good for the 2011 intake on the language programmes too.

Updates on the review's progress are being posted on the Classics@Leeds blog at
http://classicsatleeds.blogspot.com/.
If you haven't already done so, please sign the petition at
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/clalds10/.

 

THREATS TO THE CLASSICS DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

If you are a JACT member you will be aware of this and hopefully will have already taken action.
Because of financial constraints the Classics department at Leeds is considering cutting its straight language degree courses in Latin and Greek in order to ensure its survival as a department still able to provide courses and research opportunities in Classical Civilisation. Furthermore the university authorities are considering the closure of the whole department, thus ending more than 100 years of Classics education in the city. The university is committed to seeing all students who start a course in September 2010 through to the end of their degree, and this assurance stands good for the 2010 intake on the language programmes too.

For more details see the Classics@Leeds blog at http://classicsatleeds.blogspot.com/.
Above all please sign the petition at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/clalds10/.