The humanities are gutted in Cardiff. These cuts are brutal & will do irreparable harm to education in Wales and UK The goal is to eliminate half or more of all Humanities academic posts across various schools and smush them together into one school On a side note, I might need a new affiliation - ThreadSky

flintdibble.bsky.social • 34 days ago

The humanities are gutted in Cardiff. These cuts are brutal & will do irreparable harm to education in Wales and UK

The goal is to eliminate half or more of all Humanities academic posts across various schools and smush them together into one school

On a side note, I might need a new affiliation

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drdanstewart1.bsky.social•34 days ago

So sorry Flint. Big hugs to you and your colleagues.

florilegia.bsky.social•34 days ago

I'm sorry. I don't know what to say

jamespascoe.bsky.social•34 days ago

This absolutely awful, and I’m so sorry that the people being affected are not the ones who caused the issues. The very things I and many others are most proud of about being Welsh are being discarded and thrown out and it’s tragic

suhails.bsky.social•34 days ago

What is the world coming to when we can’t afford humanities and we then wonder why the world is so angry all the time.

lemoustier.bsky.social•34 days ago

Awful awful, so sorry to hear this!

kjsoar.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is just horrific. And unfortunately seems to be endemic in the sector. Solidarity, and hoping for the best for you all x

elliemackinroberts.net•34 days ago

Absolutely brutal and heartbreaking.

yewfemia.bsky.social•34 days ago

😟

reluctantonlooker.bsky.social•33 days ago

It was my dream, from overseas,to study Archaeology/Geology at UC Cardiff, and I did. It was utterly the high point of my life, and the experience informs my existence every day. The soulless programme that they wish to retain and build -- devoid of nature and history -- fills my heart with horror.

swaingerdanger.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is heartbreaking

keeleywilson.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is just awful. Solidarity with all the HE organisations going through this.

jdslack.bsky.social•34 days ago

Wow. This is so bad and sad.

archaeologytube.bsky.social•34 days ago

I suspect the business school will be fine and they’ll hire 20 new faculty lines in AI engineering or whatever.

libraryserpentine.org•31 days ago

Haaah! Being asked to shed 40 FTE as well. Shit's pretty grim.

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ouch I just checked. In 31 of 50 states the highest paid employee (this includes the governor!) is the football coach of the state university.

archaeologytube.bsky.social•34 days ago

In my state it’s the basketball coach! Just to shake it up.

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•34 days ago

Ooh isn’t that DEI or some such?lol

stlcatfishmike.bsky.social•34 days ago

Oh you’re lucky you don’t have American style college sports!! The highest paid person on our campuses (and sometimes the highest paid state employee) is the football coach.

claudiac.bsky.social•34 days ago

Everyone needs to sacrifice so that Chuck 3 can buy more million dollar hats. What are the humanities in comparison to hats?

alisonfisk.bsky.social•34 days ago

Such terrible news! The scale of cuts is shocking!

annapjudson.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is horrific. Solidarity from Durham, where we've just had our own announcement of staff cuts but that doesn't even come close to this.

flintdibble.bsky.social•34 days ago

Proposed cuts from 240 academic staff down to 120 in the four schools (SHARE, ENCAP, WELSH, MLANG) being merged into the new school of global humanities

Does not include cuts made from dissolution of music or other related disciplines

Brutal vandalism to our culture and education

nevillemorley.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is appalling and absurd. Solidarity with you all.

bramderidder.bsky.social•34 days ago

I hope you all get through this. How do the cuts for the humanities compare to the other fields (noting already that 4/5 axed programmes are A&H)?

flintdibble.bsky.social•34 days ago

I was only invited to the meeting for the proposal for the four schools above that will be merged into a school of global humanities, so I have no specific info for other fields

bramderidder.bsky.social•34 days ago

Thanks, and courage!

flintdibble.bsky.social•34 days ago

Originally summary of our horrific cuts that I had quoting in first skeet was deleted and reposted by a colleague here

https://bsky.app/profile/robthomasbirds.bsky.social/post/3lgsqa23kas2r

flintdibble.bsky.social•34 days ago

a live tracker of updates to these horrific cuts (and absolute gutting of the humanities sector) at Cardiff University can be found here: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/cardiff-university-job-cuts-400-30882168

jhawn.bsky.social•34 days ago

How many administrators are being made redundant or taking a pay cut. Also, why are only the humanities being targeted why are they not across the board cuts to all departments? These are the questions that immediately come to mind.

tara1626.bsky.social•34 days ago

Direct result of the country becoming a pariah and the last place parents would send their kids from overseas and didnt we know all that student housing they've built last 10 years would eventually end up as private rentals.

nikos1143.bsky.social•34 days ago

Sorry to hear of this, Flint. We're on the cusp of a full scale reorg here at Chico St. ,too, due to enrollment declines and budgetary woes. (as are many other CSUs).

sarahmay1.bsky.social•34 days ago

Half or more of all academic posts in the humanities !?!
Solidarity

flintdibble.bsky.social•34 days ago

Half in the four schools being merged. But if you factor in the school of music which is being cut, it's more than half of all academic posts in the humanities

sarahmay1.bsky.social•34 days ago

As you say, brutal (and a disaster for Wales)

arqueoscheinsohn.bsky.social•34 days ago

Sorry to hear this Flint. We are suffering about the same around here. Not jobs cuttings yet but they just left our salaries immobilized against inflation and cutted our grants. The effects are huge.

marymolitierbo.bsky.social•34 days ago

Tragic news for faculty, students, and anyone thinking of entering these battered fields!

jenebbeler.bsky.social•34 days ago

An absolute gutting. I’m so sorry to see this happening to you and your colleagues. Words really fail.

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