Since AQA announced their decision to axe A level Anthropology a few weeks ago, it has been a dismal and anxious time for students and teachers. But there has been an unexpected silver lining in the response of Anthropology as a community. So many individuals and organisations have come together to express their feelings and arguments about the value of the subject, so many people have put their heartfelt comments on the petition and so many illustrious organisations have taken time out to support the learning of young people in one small part of the world. The latest letters to AQA come from the World Council of Anthropological Associations and the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Extracts from the WCAA letter: "We would like to express in the strongest possible terms our stance that this is an unwise move, which will impoverish the educational opportunities available to secondary students in the UK and diminish the capacity of emerging adults to deal as informed citizens with the world’s most pressing social and environmental issues.[....] The UK’s choice to institute Anthropology as an A-level offering has been widely lauded for providing students with the perspectives necessary to act as national and global citizens in contemporary contexts of multiculturalism, dwindling resources, epidemics and the entire panoply of dilemmas that we face today." Read more at http://www.wcaanet.org/downloads/submissions/WCAA%20letter%20to%20UK%20AQA.pdf IUAES are offering to help with revision of the curriculum and offered their support for the A level: "In a world with dramatic cultural changes, unprecedented mobility and permanent exposure to cultural differences, this initiative was an important step forward to assure that students acquire a basic knowledge of humanity in all its cultural and religious diversity. Ignorance of this diversity or an inappropriate, prejudiced response to it is not compatible with maintaining peace and mutual respect within the multicultural society that Britain has now become." Read more at http://www.iuaes.org/letter_to_aqa.pdf