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Dear colleagues, Many thanks once again to all who have voiced their support for us in recent weeks after the announcement of proposed staffing reductions in German and in Modern Languages at Nottingham. We are delighted to be able to write to you now with the news that there are to be no compulsory redundancies from German, and indeed no compulsory redundancies from modern languages at all at Nottingham. In German, there will be one redeployment to another part of the school, and one non-replacement of a colleague who is leaving; in addition, our Nottingham Research Fellow will transition to a permanent lectureship in English linguistics, rather than in German as originally planned. Together, these changes address the Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor Jeremy Gregory's concerns about German's cost base. However, the scale of reductions to German is lower than initially proposed, and we have little doubt that the very strong support from the modern languages community nationally, as well as the information which, with your help, we were able to supply about staff-student ratios at other institutions, were important factors in moderating the initial proposal. Indeed the PVC has acknowledged the "large number of letters and expressions of support for the affected departments from subject associations and University departments across the world" as "testimony to the very high regard in which our departments are held". To everyone who helped us with such demonstrations of support, our warmest and heartfelt thanks. We would also like to thank our local UCU officials, whose work in engaging with the University over the restructuring of the Arts Faculty has been and will continue to be invaluable. Our very warmest thanks too to our undergraduate and postgraduate student community for their vociferous support. With ten permanent R&T staff and two permanent-part-time language teaching colleagues from September 2016, the German Department at Nottingham remains very strong, and we now look forward to getting back to our daily bread of excellent teaching and research. Once again, our most sincere thanks for your support, which not only made a material difference but also helped sustain us all during a very difficult period of uncertainty. Sincerely, All in German at the University of Nottingham Prof. Nicola McLelland Professor of German and History of Linguistics Head of the Dept. of German Studies, School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies University of Nottingham UK NG7 2RD +44 (0)115 951 5822 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/people/nicola.mclelland This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.