Redundancies at Cardiff

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DD is holding an offer from Cardiff for Sept this year, and one of the departments that is closing is Ancient History. Her place is for joint History and Ancient History - but it was the Ancient History that really caught her imagination. Does she need to have a big re-think, as she was just about to accept it as her firm.
I know there are bigger problems around this, people are losing their job, and nursing going sounds massive 😢
What do people think the implications are for students thinking of Cardiff this year - or for those already there?

My DS has deferred a place at Cardiff as he's on a gap year, not sure if we should be worried about this news.

@spiderlight right that’s my next listen sorted then! I hope it all works out for you guys, these things usually find a way x

Might just be an element of sabre-rattling to concentrate minds in the Welsh government, I suppose.

Not sure why my 19:28 post hidden by MNHQ. Its the current list from here https://qmucu.org/qmul-transformation/uk-he-shrinking/

@boys3 thank you for the link. Really useful as we’re just deciding who to firm and who to reserve!

Problem is the ones who haven’t gone through it/going through it could start the process next month, in a few months, next academic year. The ones who have gone through it once may have a second round 🤷‍♀️

I should think that your dd will be better off not firming Cardiff. A real shame, but if they are cutting ancient history and that is her main interest.

You don't have to reply to UCAS yet - there is no advantage in doing so. You can afford to wait and see what happens in the next 3 months or so.

@CerealPosterHere I've worked in my uni department for 10 years now and we have had a voluntary severance round literally every 3 years and it was the same before I started. No one would ever go to university if that was the case.

There's a petition to save the Ancient History degree, if anyone wants to sign.

https://www.change.org/p/save-cardiff-university-ancient-history-degree?recruiter=1268780143&recruited_by_id=cb0e0ab0-eb32-11ec-a40b-1dd0a8f6ac4e&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=take_next_step&utm_medium=copylink&utm_content=mit-490399669-10%3Av1

thank you - signed

I've heard a lot of people point out mistakes in that list so I wouldn't rely on it - just fyi

I've signed too. As an ex-Ancient Historian and mother of a current one it is gutting that they think this is a subject worth cutting.

Thank you for signing.

Signed!

Not only am I furious as an Ancient historian but a member of the Cardiff team (Prof surname B) was immensely kind to my DD on one of the worst days of her life and gave her hope that a blip in A level results that wasn't her fault wasn't the end of the world. I'll always be enormously grateful for that.