Stop the cuts in provision and staff

The SOAS Language Centre (SOAS, University of London) is under grave threat from a restructuring proposal that looks set to result in both a drastic reduction in the number of language programmes currently available and in the number of staff involved in their development and maintenance. Language Centre staff are still reeling from the first phase of restructuring which saw 5 full time posts disappear, followed by resignation of the Head of the Language Centre, resulting in reduction of posts to 13.6FTE posts from 22FTE posts.
The current proposals will make a further 4.0FTE posts redundant, impacting negatively on staff morale and on workloads. It will also damage severely the ethos of the School by reducing the provision of courses (not to mention the number of languages) and undermining SOAS LC mission to provide academically sound, innovative courses to extramural students.