ontheuniversity.com » 2010 » May » 12 http://ontheuniversity.com An international Conference, a scholarly Journal, a book Series, and an online knowledge Community. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:41:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Loss of Philosophy at Middlesex Raises Fears for Humanities http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/05/12/loss-of-philosophy-at-middlesex-raises-fears-for-humanities/ http://ontheuniversity.com/2010/05/12/loss-of-philosophy-at-middlesex-raises-fears-for-humanities/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 16:11:27 +0000 http://ontheuniversity.com/?p=2520 by John Morgan, in Times Higher Education

Fears have been raised for the future of the humanities in post-1992 universities after Middlesex University announced it is to close its philosophy programmes.

The university’s move to phase out all teaching in philosophy at undergraduate and postgraduate level led to international condemnation from some of the best-known figures in the field.

Academics fear closure will follow for the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy, which was Middlesex’s highest-rated department in the 2008 research assessment exercise. A Middlesex spokesman said no decision had been made about the centre’s future.

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