Protect Music at Goldsmiths
Protect Music at Goldsmiths
The Issue
On the 1st of July, the Transformation Programme and Senior Management Team made 97 FTE redundancies, including 11 teaching staff from our department. This includes lecturers, professors and instrumental tutors from all branches of the Music Department, with specialisms in electronic music, sound art, jazz, composition, popular music and musicology. These redundancies will reduce the diversity and richness of the Department, and will significantly reduce the specialist courses that Music at Goldsmiths can offer. Importantly, these redundancies will limit the department's ability to produce groundbreaking work in the field of music.
The Music Department is a cornerstone of Goldsmiths’ academic and cultural community. It is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, attracting students from all over the world thanks to the wide range of expertise of its incredible lecturers. The Department of Music at Goldsmiths pride themselves in having a reputation of being innovators and consistently paving the way for new approaches to teaching, practice and scholarship. The department boasts many firsts: the establishment of the MA in Audiovisual Cultures (music and audiovisual media) – the first of its kind in the United Kingdom – and the recently announced (and now potentially under threat) Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA) in collaboration with the University of Salford.
The proposed redundancies not only threaten the diversity of education and supervision of all current Music students but also those applying for courses from foundation year to PhD. The future of Goldsmiths' entire Music Department, and our university’s reputation for fostering creative and academic talent is currently at risk. It is vital to preserve the jobs of these dedicated educators who are integral to the functionality and vitality of our Music Department.
We call on the Warden, Senior Management Team and Goldsmiths Council to halt these redundancies and to engage in meaningful dialogue with staff and students to find a sustainable path forward that upholds Goldsmiths' commitment to academic excellence and innovation in the Arts and Humanities.
Please sign this petition to show your support for our lecturers, and to help ensure the future of our vibrant music community at Goldsmiths.
3,922
The Issue
On the 1st of July, the Transformation Programme and Senior Management Team made 97 FTE redundancies, including 11 teaching staff from our department. This includes lecturers, professors and instrumental tutors from all branches of the Music Department, with specialisms in electronic music, sound art, jazz, composition, popular music and musicology. These redundancies will reduce the diversity and richness of the Department, and will significantly reduce the specialist courses that Music at Goldsmiths can offer. Importantly, these redundancies will limit the department's ability to produce groundbreaking work in the field of music.
The Music Department is a cornerstone of Goldsmiths’ academic and cultural community. It is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, attracting students from all over the world thanks to the wide range of expertise of its incredible lecturers. The Department of Music at Goldsmiths pride themselves in having a reputation of being innovators and consistently paving the way for new approaches to teaching, practice and scholarship. The department boasts many firsts: the establishment of the MA in Audiovisual Cultures (music and audiovisual media) – the first of its kind in the United Kingdom – and the recently announced (and now potentially under threat) Leverhulme Trust Aural Diversity Doctoral Research Hub (LAURA) in collaboration with the University of Salford.
The proposed redundancies not only threaten the diversity of education and supervision of all current Music students but also those applying for courses from foundation year to PhD. The future of Goldsmiths' entire Music Department, and our university’s reputation for fostering creative and academic talent is currently at risk. It is vital to preserve the jobs of these dedicated educators who are integral to the functionality and vitality of our Music Department.
We call on the Warden, Senior Management Team and Goldsmiths Council to halt these redundancies and to engage in meaningful dialogue with staff and students to find a sustainable path forward that upholds Goldsmiths' commitment to academic excellence and innovation in the Arts and Humanities.
Please sign this petition to show your support for our lecturers, and to help ensure the future of our vibrant music community at Goldsmiths.
3,922
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Petition created on 9 July 2024