medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I was able to sign and leave a comment and I'm pretty sure it went through (the number of total signatures at the top of the page went up), but it was a little hard to tell.
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>From: "Cormack, Margaret Jean" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Jun 13, 2016 9:39 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [M-R] Potential Cuts to Medieval Teaching at Leicester
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>I work at the College of Charleston so somehow you were sent to the source of my email!
>Strange!
>Meg
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>From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Katherine French [[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 9:30 AM
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>Subject: Re: [M-R] Potential Cuts to Medieval Teaching at Leicester
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>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>when I hit the link I was sent to the College of Charleston.
>Katherine French
>J. Frederick Hoffman Professor of History
>University of Michigan
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>On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Madeleine Gray
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>> Ths is all very sad. I've worked with Ellie Pridgeon and Miriam Gill as well
>> as with Graham in the past and I know there is nothing second-division in
>> their work! It's a problem that runs through our higher education system in
>> the UK: senior management are increasingly focussed on what makes money,
>> what attracts funding, and seem to have lost sight completely of bigger
>> issues like community engagement.
>>
>> I don't see any reason why list members outside the UK can't support the
>> campaign: you are after all in a better position to say that what will
>> attract a wider global body of students is the profile of the university as
>> bedded into its region. What after all is the point of going to Leicester if
>> it's just the same as everywhere else?
>>
>> Maddy
>>
>> ---
>> Prof. Madeleine Gray
>> University of South Wales
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.heritagetortoise.co.uk&d=DQIBaQ&c=7MSSWy9Bs2yocjNQzurxOQ&r=ck9DGMUVufrSrS57t_UT9k6In-tVqXkuW6oaFL10XQY&m=D_r1_L_mLB4dUT4J-MWzKtUo0P5U99yryegU-48t988&s=U3l8jeQJl_2yLRF2WYgY7q6djTgAlh0iqN19227Teqs&e=
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__twitter.com_heritagepilgrim&d=DQIBaQ&c=7MSSWy9Bs2yocjNQzurxOQ&r=ck9DGMUVufrSrS57t_UT9k6In-tVqXkuW6oaFL10XQY&m=D_r1_L_mLB4dUT4J-MWzKtUo0P5U99yryegU-48t988&s=iWPropAdvIRQ6ufBkYJyNKNC4lKgmOlP5aRBBgkyRCE&e=
>>
>> 'The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of
>> the living' (T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding)
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13/06/2016 11:50, Graham Jones wrote:
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>> Dear All
>>
>> May I support Ellie's request. The attrition visited on what began as
>> 'workingmen's institutes' and what we have successively called 'night
>> school' 'adult education', 'continuing education', and now 'lifelong
>> learning' is not new in the UK. I can't speak for other countries, but sadly
>> it flows in part from an academic snobbery that sidelines LL as somehow
>> academically second-division.
>>
>> And yet... It has been rare for any cohort I have taught at Vaughan/LILL
>> since 1997 not to have included at least one student capable of, and often
>> producing research-based work of publishable standard. It has been normal
>> for one, two, or three students in every cohort to go on to postgraduate
>> work. Universities now live or die by research ratings. Vaughan/LILL's
>> record over the years shows how this can mesh with the UK's universities'
>> current duty to maximise the potential of an ageing population. We need
>> improved levels of key skills, productivity, and social mobility across all
>> age groups, and lifelong learning delivers that. Again, the ageing
>> population issue is common across Europe, and it would be interesting to
>> hear from colleagues in other countries if their systems recognise the value
>> of LL for their own national economies.
>>
>> Leicester rightly wants more overseas students. All colleagues on this list
>> recognise that globalised education is a reality. Many UK-based academics,
>> myself included, contribute to university programmes elsewhere in Europe
>> delivered through the medium of English. Something tells me that local
>> reservoirs of talent like the Cont Ed students at Leicester may be more of a
>> fit in our globalised system of education than one UK university after
>> another has thought possible. Maybe I'm wrong, but it would be interesting
>> to know if that chimes at all with colleagues' experience elsewhere.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Graham
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious
>> culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Pridgeon, Ellie
>> (Dr.) [[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: 13 June 2016 08:28
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: [M-R] Potential Cuts to Medieval Teaching at Leicester
>>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>>
>> * Apologies for cross posting
>>
>>
>>
>> Many of you will be aware of the potential closure of the Vaughan Centre for
>> Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester. The Centre has been
>> providing education to the citizens of Leicester for over 150 years. The
>> University wants to focus its finances on improving campus facilities to
>> attract more overseas students.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Centre teaches Medieval History and History of Art (BA tutors include
>> myself, Dr Miriam Gill, Dr Conny Bailey, and Dr Graham Jones).
>>
>>
>>
>> You can help save the Centre by signing the online petition, which will take
>> 1 minute:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.change.org_o_save-5Fthe-5Fvaughan-5Fcentre-5Ffor-5Flifelong-5Flearning&d=DQIBaQ&c=7MSSWy9Bs2yocjNQzurxOQ&r=ck9DGMUVufrSrS57t_UT9k6In-tVqXkuW6oaFL10XQY&m=D_r1_L_mLB4dUT4J-MWzKtUo0P5U99yryegU-48t988&s=eyBY-Dq9TvjBmkKVXBH5MEDePJZob6r3RcbGuZXqQG0&e=
>>
>>
>>
>> Please circulate the petition to your colleagues and friends.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Ellie
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr Ellie Pridgeon, BA, MA, PhD, Arch Dip
>> Teaching Fellow
>> Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning
>> University of Leicester
>>
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