Save English Literature at Portsmouth #UCU

A UCU account opposed to the University of Portsmouth’s ongoing English Literature redundancies #SaveUoPLit

[Save English Literature at Portsmouth #UCU @SaveUoPLit]

A reminder that the University of Portsmouth is entering the staff it has sacked into REF2021. It won't pay the salaries of researchers, but it will gladly take that delicious REF income. This sets a disturbing precedent for HE.

[Bronwen Price @BronwenPrice1]

for such colleagues. I want to hear from you about the kinds of support which might be helpful to you. Please DM me if you are interested. All career stages welcome.

[Bronwen Price @BronwenPrice1]

@IES_London @EMLoneliness @leicesterucu @AstonUCU @SaveEnglishUoC
Calling all unaffiliated English Academics and those on short-term contracts as a result of academic precarity. I am currently in discussions with IES and the English Association about setting up a support framewk

[Save English Literature at Portsmouth #UCU @SaveUoPLit]

On this day last year: @UCU held an online rally to prevent the English Literature redundancies at Portsmouth.

A week later the university executive voted for the cuts 'unanimously', based on a business case full of factual errors and inaccuracies.

Is your VC doing the same?

[NoRedundanciesChester @NoRedundancies]

Please RT @UCL_UCU @kingstonucu @ChesterUcu @ucu @DrJoGrady @leicesterucu @ucuglos @UCU_Ulster @SaveUoPLit @BeOurHope @ucu_solidarity @sheffielducu @NigelUNI @jeremycorbyn @Wrexhann

LET US WEED OUT CORRUPTION TOGETHER.

YE ARE MANY, THEY ARE FEW ❤️

[Bronwen Price @BronwenPrice1]

@SaveUoPLit @UOP_EngLit

Wishing UoP English Literature students graduating tomorrow all the best. Have a wonderful day!

[Rosie Paice 🇺🇦 @Rosie_Paice]

So proud of my colleague (still colleagues ❤️) @BronwenPrice1 for her powerful contribution to the @EMLoneliness roundtable on “Precarity and Independence”.

[Rosie Paice 🇺🇦 @Rosie_Paice]

My new website is now LIVE!

There’s still much to be done — and MUCH to add!!

At the moment, there’s most info in the Thomas Fairfax and Laocoon > William Blake sections.

@civilwarcentre
@Blake_Society @BlakeQuarterly @BlakeArchive

https://t.co/vIbIz7xAaM

[Hatty Calbus @HattyCalbus]

“English [literature] is about history, it’s about psychology, it’s about philosophy, languages, sociology, theology. It’s about what makes us human.” https://t.co/nXnKOnvozs

[Dr Whitney Standlee @was925]

The British Academy has found that, 'of the 10 fastest-growing economic sectors, eight employed more arts, humanities and social science graduates than any other disciplines.' @HumanitiesUw @EngLitUoW @worcester_uni #englishliterature https://t.co/geZUeu885S

[Katharine Cox @KatharineMCox]

Novelists & academics highlight the importance of English degrees as demand affected at A-level & degree level ⁦@UnivEnglish⁩ ⁦@EnglishAssoc⁩ ⁦@byebyepride⁩ ⁦@hlbu7⁩ #English https://t.co/T9QWD2DXTE

[Kate Maravan @maravan_kate]

My life was made richer, my understanding of the world wider, my interest in politics, philosophy, psychology the broader arts, who we are as people. Save English degrees https://t.co/Y7s8GClllp

[David Amigoni @AmigoniDavid]

Novelists issue reminder of the value of English degrees as demand reduces (though it remains the fourth largest A level subject) https://t.co/OOHTtLCvAQ

[Brycchan Carey @Brycchan]

Government ‘prejudice’ against the humanities, combined with Michael Gove's reform to the English language GCSE that has been putting young people off doing A-level English, blamed for a decline in applications to study English at university. https://t.co/tJXZ4tnKE6

[Prof Cathy Shrank 🕷️ #ImmodestWoman @cathy_shrank]

Excellent article making an evidence-based case for the value of an English degree: the headline slapped on it doesn't do it justice https://t.co/TRfjOXd0hC

[Rosie Paice 🇺🇦 @Rosie_Paice]

“Stem subjects are vitally important, but the humanities are, if not the actual heart of a serious university, at least one of its ventricles. You can survive, I believe, with a single ventricle, but only just. You will not be well.” (Andrew Miller) 👏 https://t.co/e8vSuDPEl8

[Guardian Universities @GdnUniversities]

Novelists issue plea to save English degrees as demand slumps https://t.co/4Ga7DnPzNt

[Christine Berberich @christineber214]

Humanities Degrees are the heart and the soul of any university education. They must be defended. #defendthehumanities Novelists issue plea to save English degrees as demand slumps https://t.co/vKlKddrNcO

[graham atkin @hankmagrait]

#noredundancieschester @SaveEnglishUoC @UoCRomantics @VC_UoChester @UoCPandoras @UocLgbt @ChesterAlumni @uochester #lettheteacherteach @UoCEnglish @UoCPorters #BonfireOfTheHumanities @SaveUoPLit @The_Globe @ahrcpress

[Save English Literature at Portsmouth #UCU @SaveUoPLit]

Sorry to hear about news of humanities cuts at Chester and Aston. We said last year that Portsmouth was the test case for this and now VCs have been given the green light to slash anything they like.