Author Archives: phallward

28 April 2010 Dear Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, and Dean, I wish to convey to you my consternation at the decision to close Philosophy at Middlesex University (of which I have just learned). No doubt you are being lobbied by many … Continue reading →

m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk, w.ahmad@mdx.ac.uk, m.house@mdx.ac.uk, e.esche@mdx.ac.uk dateWed, Apr 28, 2010 Dear all, I am writing to express my shock and strong disapproval of the recent decision to close all philosophy programmes at Middlesex University.  Shutting down a department that boasts the university’s … Continue reading →

29 April 2010 Middlesex University is sleep-walking into a global public relations disaster by the announcement of the imminent closure of Philosophy. The world-wide condemnation of this boneheaded decision, which is surely gathering force, can only be avoided by a … Continue reading →

3 May 2010 To the administration of Middlesex University: I’m writing to join the chorus of voices protesting the closure of Middlesex Philosophy. I write in my capacity as Director of Graduate Studies at Cornell University, one of the top … Continue reading →

Sent: Thu 29/04/2010 02:33 To: Michael Driscoll; Waqar Ahmad; Margaret House; Ed Esche Cc: Subject: Closure of the Philosophy Program Dear Vice-Chancellors Driscoll, Ahmad, and House, and Dean Esche, Over the next several days, you will undoubtedly hear much about … Continue reading →

29 April 2010 This decision would be a shameful act of vandalism and must be resisted. Were it to stand, it would irreparably damage the University’s reputation, with immediate and far-reaching consequences for its capacity to succeed by any measure. … Continue reading →

From: William Marshall Sent: 02 May 2010 16:25 To: m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk; w.ahmad@mdx.ac.uk; m.house@mdx.ac.uk; e.esche@mdx.ac.uk Subject: Closure of Philosophy at Middlesex Dear Colleagues I am writing to express my deep dismay and disappointment at the news that Middlesex University intends to close … Continue reading →

29 April 2010 Dear Colleagues I’m writing to urge you to reconsider the decision, of which I have just learned, to close all Philosophy programmes at Middlesex. Even in these difficult and dismaying times, I must say I was genuinely … Continue reading →

30 April 2010 Sirs, Madam I write in protest against the decision you have recently made to close down Middlesex’s philosophy department. It beggars belief that anyone would wish to terminate one of the most prestigious centers for the study … Continue reading →

1 May 2010 Sirs, Though you may have not be interested at all in how outside your borders your doings may look like, I would like to assure you that closing the Philosophy Programmes at the Middlesex University is scandalous, … Continue reading →