Petition Against Dundee University Plan to Cut Philosophy Degree

“The University of Dundee has announced it plans to cease offering Philosophy as a named degree from 2027. This news has come as a complete shock to students, staff and the wider Scottish community. We, the philosophy community of Dundee, are determined to fight this.” So begins a petition protesting an aspect of the University of Dundee’s administration plan to address a large financial deficit. According to the BBC, “Despite already cutting about 675 jobs through voluntary redundancies, the university said it still needed to make annual savings of about £20m—mostly from staff costs,” so it “has announced plans to cut 190 more jobs.” In addition to the staff cuts, “the institution intends to suspend some degrees in mathematics, languages and philosophy,” reports The Courier. The BBC also notes: “A critical report in June 2025 into the university’s financial collapse led to the resignations of its interim principal Prof Shane O’Neill and two senior members of its governing body.” The…