Petition to Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

Administrators at the University of Hertfordshire are eliminating not just philosophy (as reported last week) from the school, but also undergraduate programs in English Language and Linguistics, English Literature, Creative Writing, and History. The reason given for these cuts is that the programmes are ‘no longer financially viable’. We have been given no other information about the courses, redundancies, or our futures at the University, even though we have requested it. These decisions have been made without staff consultation. That text is from a petition that has just been launched in an effort to protest the attack on the humanities at Hertfordshire. It continues: These closures follow a longstanding disregard for the Humanities at Hertfordshire, as our School was first merged with Education and then within the year merged again into the School of Creative Arts. At each stage, the University has shown a lack of belief, care, or vision for what a Humanities education is and can…