Kent Administration Approves Proposal to Cut Philosophy

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Last summer, and again this past February, the administration of the University of Kent proposed cutting its philosophy program (see here). It has now decided to implement that proposal.

Simon Kirchin (Leeds, formerly at Kent), shares news from the Kent Department of Philosophy:

Further to previous announcements of plans, the University of Kent has decided to close its Department of Philosophy. It will take no new students from now on.  Existing students will be ‘taught out’ across the next two academic years.  The University has made provision for a (very) small amount of fte to carry out teaching from 2024-2026.

As was noted in previous posts, the decision was not based on the poor performance of the Department or its philosophers:

This is not on the grounds of quality: the philosophy department was ranked 3rd in the UK for overall student satisfaction in the most recent national student survey, and 5th in the UK in terms of GPA in the most recent research assessment (2nd for quality of research outputs)

Philosophers at Kent “are actively looking for posts elsewhere.”

 

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