In response to my request for knowledge about the state of geography
departments at present, to summarize:
1) SOAS is merging with King's, Univ of London with offices eventually [but
not immediately] being moved out of SOAS to King's, and various
rationalisations occurring in the future.
2) Lampeter: nobody replied
3) One other small department in the UK may be under threat of closure.
No information about other countries.
Problems seem to combinations of falling student numbers, and small
departmental sizes.
However I doubt this is the end of the story: more to tell. Maybe most of
you have finished your marking, and left for holidays (I wish!).
Simon
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