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Outrage over ‘savage’ cuts at KCL

By Alex Naamani and Hilary Aked

King’s College London (KCL) faces mounting opposition to proposed cuts in the School of Arts and Humanities including the sacking of several internationally renowned academics. There has been outcry in the Department of Philosophy over the forced retirement of Professor Charles Travis and the firing of two lecturers Dr. Wilfried Meyer-Viol and Professor Shalom Lapin,... »

No Cuts @ King’s protestors lobby college Council

By Hilary Aked

Over 50 protestors, students and staff, staged a demonstration at King’s on November 24th to lobby college Council over possible job cuts at the college. The demonstration began outside the KCL strand campus before around 20 student demonstrators from the No Cuts @ King’s campaign later took the protest inside, entering the Old Committee Room adjacent... »

UCL staff could go on strike over job cuts

By Hilary Aked

Staff at UCL could go on strike in December if management push ahead with plans to cut jobs, after unanimously voting to go into formal dispute with the college. »

Cuts threaten access to Higher Education

By Charlotte Domanski

Twelve years ago (yes, it’s been that long) when New Labour rolled into power in a surge of reform fever, one word exclusively was ringing their ears, echoing Tony Blair’s bewitching 1996 Labour Party Conference address: Education. Yet why is it that in these times of financial gloom, at a time when there is... »

Library’s Fine: But Senate House faces major cuts

By Kat Lay

Senate House Library’s future has finally been decided, and will see a reduction of library space and a move towards reliance on electronic resources. »

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