Parliamentary Petition to support lesser taught languages and cultures at university

[Jan Culik]

Dear Colleagues,

I am very pleased to report that the Senate of the University of Glasgow
expressed displeasure yesterday with the proposal by the Senior Management
Group to close down the Slavonic Studies programme. This does not mean that
it has been saved, but it is a move in the right direction.

The University of Glasgow proposed relatively brutal cuts to a number of
subject areas earlier this year. A vociferous campaign followed for many
weeks. It was in the centre of the media.

For anyone interested, here is a list of most of the articles that have been
published regarding the crisis at Glasgow University since February 2011:

http://savesmlc.wordpress.com/news/

It would appear that to date, Glasgow University has retreated regarding
most of the cuts proposals.

However, it is obvious that if the government funding council does not
provide targeted funding for the lesser known languages and cultures, sooner
or later, this unique provision for the study of Central and Eastern Europe
in Glasgow will be lost. 

A number of Members of Scottish Parliament have expressed support for this
course.

We think it really matters if you help us and sign this parliamentary petition.

http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_petition.asp?PetitionID=455

Further details: 

http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/view_backgroundinfo.asp?PetitionID=%20455

Thank you

Jan Culik
University of Glasgow

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