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https://www.change.org/p/bangor-university-threat-to-archaeology?recruiter= 520203191&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook& utm_campaign=share_page&utm_term=des-md-supporter_signature_milestone_email- custom_msg This is the text of the petition: " Without consulting students, staff, or stakeholders, Bangor University has decided to close its Single Honours Archaeology degree from 2017 onwards. Bangor’s Academic and Academic-related Staff Union (UCU) has written to inform the University of its legal duty to consult on the proposed closing of this degree scheme. Bangor Archaeology is 8th in the UK in the Complete University Guide (2017) and 4th in the Whatuni Guide (2016), and recruitment on Bangor’s Single Honours Archaeology degree continues to steadily and sustainably increase year on year. Bangor Archaeology graduates achieve careers in archaeology and have pursued postgraduate degrees, at Bangor and at other universities such as Oxford, Edinburgh, Durham, and Toronto. English Heritage, the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA) and the Council for British Archaeology (CBA) warn of the current shortage of qualified archaeologists in the UK. We are concerned about the erosion of Archaeology at Bangor University and the effects this erosion will have on students, staff, and the community. We ask that Bangor University puts in place a consultation process on the proposed and misguided closure of Archaeology Single Honours as a matter of urgency " . -- Umberto Albarella Head of Postgraduate Taught Programmes Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 25 109 http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/people/albarella For MSc in Osteoarchaeology see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate/masters/courses-available/ osteoarchaeology For Zooarchaeology short course see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course "That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital" Noam Chomsky -- Umberto Albarella Head of Postgraduate Taught Programmes Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 25 109 http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/people/albarella For MSc in Osteoarchaeology see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/postgraduate/masters/courses-available/osteoarchaeology For Zooarchaeology short course see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/research/zooarchaeology-lab/short-course "That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital" Noam Chomsky