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May 10, 2010 Board of Governors Middlesex University in London The Burroughs London NW4 4BT Dear Board Members: As fellow philosophers with a deep recognition of the need for long-term investment in higher education, we write to express our deep … Continue reading →

From: gloughran@eircom.net To: “e esche” <e.esche@mdx.ac.uk>, “m driscoll” <m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk>, “w ahmad” <w.ahmad@mdx.ac.uk>, “m house” <m.house@mdx.ac.uk>, Cc: savemdxphil@gmail.com Sent: Monday, 10 May, 2010 11:17:22 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal Subject: Philosophy Dept Dear Professors Driscoll, Ahmad, House and Esche, We … Continue reading →

From: Martin McCabe Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 18:01:18 +0100 To: <m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk;>, <w.ahmad@mdx.ac.uk;>, <m.house@mdx.ac.uk;>, <e.esche@mdx.ac.uk.> Conversation: Letter of support for the CRMEP Subject: Letter of support for the CRMEP Dear Sir/Madam, The staff and researchers at the Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media in … Continue reading →

May 11, 2010 Michael Discoll, Vice Chancellor Waqar Ahmad, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research and Enterprise Margaret House, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Ed Esche, Dean, School of Arts & Education Dear Sirs and Madam, RE:     Middlesex University’s decision to close … Continue reading →

Date: 11 May 2010 11:11 +0100 From: “G McLennan, Sociology” <G.McLennan@bristol.ac.uk> Subject: Proposed closure of Philosophy at Middlesex Dear Governors, In my personal academic capacity, I urge you to revoke the decision to close the Philosophy programme at Middlesex. I … Continue reading →

10 May 2010 The Middlesex action is reprehensible in the extreme. It is an arbitrary administrative  intervention that has no serious budgetary basis and that was taken without adequate consulting and survey procedures — which would have confirmed that the … Continue reading →

cc: Prof. Edward Esche, Prof. Margaret House, Prof. Waqar Ahmad 30 April 2010 Dear Professor Driscoll I am writing to you on behalf of the British Philosophical Association, the Australasian Association of Philosophy, and the American Philosophical Association concerning the … Continue reading →

De : “JeromeVidal @ RiLi” <jerome@revuedeslivres.net> Date : 29 avril 2010 15:05:54 HAEC À : m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk, w.ahmad@mdx.ac.uk, m.house@mdx.ac.uk, e.esche@mdx.ac.uk Objet : No to the closing of Middlesex University’s Philosophy programmes Dear colleagues, It is with great shock that I have … Continue reading →

De : Ina Blom Date : 29 avril 2010 15:20:51 HAEC À : m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk, w.ahmad@mdx.ac.uk, m.house@mdx.ac.uk, e.esche@mdx.ac.uk Objet : philosophy at Middlesex Dear Sirs, dear Madam, I am writing to you to express my concern with your decision to end … Continue reading →

5 May 2010 Dear Vice-Chancellor Every academic knows that these are difficult times for universities, in which they are sometimes obliged to take difficult and painful decisions. Moreover, to those responsible for running an institution and familiar with every aspect … Continue reading →