Category Archives: letters of support

Board of Governors Middlesex University in London The Burroughs London NW4 4BT May 22, 2010 Dear Members of the Board, I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms your decision to suspend from Middlesex University students of philosophy and … Continue reading →

Dear Governors, Having written earlier in relation to the initial decision at Middlesex, the news of the suspension of senior staff is depressing indeed. As a sociologist whose work and teaching is in the areas of social philosophy and sociology … Continue reading →

Subject: Suspensions at Middlesex From:    mayt@clemson.edu Date:    Sun, May 23, 2010 7:40 pm To:      michael@partridges.org.uk, etc. May 23, 2010 To the Board of Governors: I have just learned, to my astonishment, that two professors and a … Continue reading →

From: S.J.Edwards Sent: 24 May 2010 13:18 To: ‘michael@partridges.org.uk’; etc. Subject: philosophy suspensions Dear members of the Board of Governors The decision to close the highly regarded philosophy department at Middlesex is one of the worst academic ideas of recent … Continue reading →

To the Board of Governors of Middlesex University: I wrote to your Vice Chancellor on April 29th in my capacity as current External Examiner for the MA in Aesthetics and Art Theory at your University, expressing my shock and dismay … Continue reading →

21 May 2010 Board of Governors Middlesex University inLondon The Burroughs London NW4 4BT Dear Members of the Board: I write to express my outrage at the shameful decision of Middlesex administrators to suspend Professors Peter Osborne and Peter Hallward, … Continue reading →

Dear Members of the Board of Governors at Middlesex University, I am shocked by the news of the suspension of two professors of Middlesex University, along with a few students, for the mere exercise of their right to protest against … Continue reading →

LETTER FROM THE PROFESSORS GROUP AGAINST THE CLOSURE OF PHILOSOPHY To the Dean of the School of Arts and Education, the University Executive and Governors We are writing to protest in the strongest possible terms at the plans to close … Continue reading →

Dear Governors of Middlesex University: With yesterday’s suspensions of Professors Hallward, Osborne, and several students, I fear we are seeing a merely vindictive gesture that threatens genuine long-term damage to your institution. We have heard of “outlaw nations,” but never … Continue reading →

Dear Dean Esche and members of the board of governors, I have just heard the news of the suspension of students and two professors at your university. I am dismayed and outraged by your escalation of the dispute. I have … Continue reading →