Program threatened at Exeter, UK

[Neil Bermel]

Dear Colleagues,

Here's another sad story of budget cuts threatening to axe a Russian
program with a long and distinguished history.  According to a
message I received today on Britain's Russian-Studies list, the
department at Exeter University is facing elimination.  Anyone
wishing for more information on the situation can write to Dr. Roger
Cockrell at

c.r.s.cockrell at exeter.ac.uk

who has indicated he would be happy to answer any questions you might
have.  I'd also suggest copying him or the Department at Exeter on
any correspondence you send to the University's Vice-Chancellor.

Neil Bermel

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Date sent:        Fri, 23 May 1997 14:10:48 BST
From:             Trevor Learmouth <T.Learmouth at exeter.ac.uk>
Subject:          Russian at Exeter

Many list members in the U.K. may have read in the press this week
about proposals to cut 120 academic jobs at the University of Exeter,
with 60 of them being replaced. What may be of immediate and relevant
concern to you is that it is proposed that Exeter's Russian Department
be closed down, with the loss of 5 academic jobs.

Any list members who have an opinion on the wider implications of this
proposal might like to write to the Vice-Chancellor:

Sir Geoffrey Holland
The Queen's Drive
Exeter, U.K.
EX4 4QJ

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Neil Bermel
Sheffield University
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
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