Save Language, Translation & Interpreting degrees at the University of Aberdeen
Started by Languages advocacy at UoA Please sign the petition On 30 November of this year, all staff in the Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting section of the University of Aberdeen were told that they are at risk of redundancy, opening a false choice ‘consultation period’ in which the options all involve the end of research in the languages at Aberdeen and significant job losses. Despite languages being ranked 12th in the UK in the Guardian’s 2023 survey, despite accolades from external examiners, our high praise at our recent Internal Teaching Review and our highly satisfied students, the University of Aberdeen is seeking to shut down languages, translation and interpreting degrees. The University will also close languages-, translation- and interpreting-based research, despite successes such as our securing grants and donations worth over £2,000,000 in the last 7 years.