Professional bodies in the fields of belief, history and sociology have expressed dismay about plans to dismantle the department which deals with religion at Stirling University.
The University and Colleges Union has confirmed that, despite some claims to the contrary, staff in the threatened religion department are still facing redundancy notices.
One of Britain's most senior educationists has asked the Principal of the University of Stirling to maintain its globally-recognised religious studies programme.
The Universities and Colleges Union, along with our friends at the Critical Religion Association, the independent network of scholars with whom we collaborate, have created a petition through 38 De
In just 72 hours, hundreds of messages have been transmitted in opposition to the University of Stirling's proposal to close its programme on religion with immediate impact [see links below].
The University of Stirling’s plans to close its globally-recognised teaching and research on religion in contemporary society is causing widespread concern.
A Scottish university with an important track record of independent, critical enquiry on the impact of religion is planning to scrap its pioneering religion department.
The School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester is offering a free workshop on 1 March 2013 looking at 'Equality and sufficiency in distributive justice'.
It is widely acknowledged among those who still care that academia in the UK is in very serious trouble, says Dr Michael Marten from the University of Stirling. The most infamous embodiment of the current malaise is a mechanism imposed upon universities by successive Westminster governments: a system of ‘research assessment’ driven by an ideology of neo-liberal commodification. Alternative perspectives and mechanisms are badly needed, he says.