Dear Scudd and Scodhe Jisc list members,
I am writing as chair of SCODHE to reiterate the request for members of UK
HEI's to support PALATINE and the other HEA Subject centres by signing the
e-petition. Debates around the future shape of the HEA and subject centres
are continuing and your support would be very helpful at this time.
Further information / links can be found on facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Campaign-to-Save-the-HEA-Subject-Centres
The petition can be found at:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/heasubjectcentres/
The petition states:
We the undersigned, speaking from institutions across the country and from
the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, write to express our
profound consternation at the decision of the Higher Education Academy to
discontinue the funding of all Subject Centres from July 2011, replacing
them instead with staff directly employed by the HEA. The success of the
Subject Centres since their inception has been considerable. They have
initiated a range of innovatory practices; funded the publication of
valuable research into the nature and consequences of what we do; and
articulated the views of the subject communities, both teachers and
students, energetically and with clarity. In so doing, they have provided an
invaluable (and previously unavailable) discipline-specific contribution to
education and training for university teachers and have substantially
increased both the profile and the prestige of teaching and learning in U.K.
Higher Education Institutions. It is hard to think of other bodies more
universally valued by the subject communities which the Subject Centres
variously serve, and at this particular juncture, when Higher Education in
the U.K. faces one of the severest challenges it has ever encountered, the
work of the Subject Centres is more crucial than ever. Disbanding the
Centres will do immeasurable damage to the cause of teaching and learning in
subject communities throughout the country. We call upon the HEA to
recognize the esteem in which the Subject Centres are held, to acknowledge
the value for money that they provide, and to reverse its decision to
discontinue their funding.
Thank you for your support,
Vida Midgelow
Vida L Midgelow PhD
Reader, Dance and Performance
Co-Editor, Choreographic Practices (Intellect Journal)
Co-Director, Choreographic Lab
Chair, Standing Conference on Dance in Higher Education
School of the Arts
University of Northampton
Avenue Campus
St. Georges Avenue
Northampton
NN2 6JD
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From: Jayne Stevens <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 10:13:33 +0000
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Subject: Subject Centres e-petition
Dear SCODHE colleagues,
If you wish to express your support for PALATINE and the other HEA Subject
Centres then you might like to sign the e-petition at:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/heasubjectcentres/
With best wishes,
Jayne Stevens
De Montfort University
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