Keep Classics @ Leeds

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While we recognise the need for economies in UK Higher Education, we think it reckless to destroy Classics at Leeds. We call on the University to continue its support for this important subject.

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  • Emma Stafford
    • Location
    • Leeds
  • Dr. Penelope J. Goodman
    • Location
    • Leeds
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Lecturer, department of Classics, University of Leeds
    • Comments
    • The University of Leeds claims to want to recruit and nurture promising young scholars. But how am I supposed to develop to the best of my potential while my department is being closed down? I could not recommend any of my friends to come and work for the University of Leeds after this experience.
  • Professor Mark Humphries
    • Location
    • Swansea University
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Professor of Ancient History
    • Comments
    • This is short-sighted in the extreme. Without Classics (a discipline which enjoys admirable dynamism and an outstanding history at Leeds, Leeds Universitys international reputation (not least in medieval studies) will be irreparably compromised.
  • Nicholas Baker-Brian
    • Location
    • Cardiff, Wales, UK
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • University Lecturer in Patristics/Late Antiquity
  • Gavin Kelly
    • Location
    • Edinburgh
  • Steven Sarson
    • Location
    • Swansea University
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Support for history and historian colleagues
  • Dr. Rick Jones
    • Location
    • University of Leeds
    • Comments
    • Having recently joined the Leeds Classics Department I've been so impressed by its dynamic and positive approach. The University is endangering its long-term academic reputation for the sake of a short-term financial gains, rather than finding ways to retain its mix of disciplines within the cuts it has to make.
  • Michael Wallis
  • Jack Aidley
    • Location
    • Coventry
  • Marie Cray
    • Location
    • Bergamo, Italy
    • Comments
    • Cutting the classics department would be damaging for the university, both academically and in terms of prestige.
  • Julie Hofmann
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Shenandoah University
    • Comments
    • Killing Classics is a poor short-term solution that will have dreadful long-term repercussions. Considering the fact that the Humanities tend to attract students and cost very little, this decision makes no sense.
  • Gill Bage
    • Location
    • York
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Mature student BA History Art University Leeds
  • Samantha Bam
  • Miss Sarah McEvoy
    • Location
    • Sheffield
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Strongly convinced that a grounding in the classics helps to provide a more rounded and balanced education than if it were omitted. I speak as someone with a maths/science background.
  • Peter Olive
    • Location
    • London
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Classicist
  • Liz Gloyn
    • Location
    • New York
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • PhD candidate in Classics, Rutgers University
  • Deborah Burrows
  • Claire Lonsdale
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • ex-Bristol uni friend of Penny
    • Comments
    • Let Penny and her colleagues keep their well-earned jobs, and let the students continue to have the opportunity to learn the Classics!
  • Rosemary Smith
    • Location
    • York
  • Charlie Butler
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • UWE, English Department
    • Comments
    • It seems that Hannibal is not only at the gates, he's in charge of the Senate.
  • Alice Dryden
    • Location
    • Bromley, Kent
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Classicist
  • Helen Finch
    • Location
    • Leeds
  • Steven Green
    • Location
    • Leeds
  • Elly Metcalfe
  • Sara Branch
    • Location
    • Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
  • Evelien Bracke
    • Location
    • Swansea
  • Dr Georgina Voss
    • Location
    • Brighton
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • University of Brighton
  • Rev'd James Rattue
  • Dr. Shana Worthen
  • Dagmar Diwok
    • Location
    • Milano, Italy / Garmisch, Germany
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Research in cultural heritage
  • Vicki Grimshaw
    • Location
    • Leeds
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Did BA, MA, and PhD in Leeds School of Classics
    • Comments
    • What a disaster it would be for the University's reputation if Classics were to go. Why not just merge with Leeds Met and have done with it, if you prioritise money-making over academic standards so much?
  • K Fearon
    • Location
    • York
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Classics graduate
  • Michael Perkins
    • Location
    • Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Verity Platt
    • Location
    • University of Chicago
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Historian of Greek and Roman art
  • Miriam Crozier
  • Melissa Beattie
  • Kathleen Kasdorf
  • Dr K L Maund
    • Location
    • Cambridge
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • В
    • Comments
    • В
  • Elisabeth Hopkin
    • Location
    • London
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • I am a classicist
  • Jacqueline Heiner
    • Location
    • U.S.
  • Simon Trafford
    • Location
    • В
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Institute of Historical Research, University of London
    • Comments
    • В
  • Richard Clegg
    • Location
    • London
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • University College London
  • Damien Mocata
    • Location
    • Belfast
  • Naomi Gutierrez
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Classicist
  • Barbara Goff
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • University of Reading
  • Malcolm Heath
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • University of Leeds
  • Matthew Maloney
    • Location
    • Leeds
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • Classics Student and Social Secretary for Classics Society
    • Comments
    • Not only is it reckless, it is completely short-sighted, as per usual from the University. In their drive to become one of the top 50 unis in the world, have they not realised that all except the specialist ones have Classics departments? The department even managed to turn a profit last year, in spite of continued cuts. While we have been told this will not affect our teaching, it definitely will. Less facilities for the students to use, less time for staff-student interaction and staff who would be rightly worried about their jobs. It disgusts me that the University, who do have other sources of income, are running the University as a business institution, and not a place of learning! It is integral to keep Classics at Leeds. Please sign this petition.
  • Daisy Thurkettle
    • Location
    • Classics
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • I am a current PhD student in Classics
  • Stephen Cowley
    • Affiliation or reason for interest
    • previous student
  • Elizabeth Pender
    • Location
    • Classics, University of Leeds