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University of Leicester plans redundancies for all pure mathematics professors
Original: University of Leicester to make redundant all pure math professors (2021)
The University of Leicester moved to make all of its pure mathematics professors redundant in 2021, sparking anger among mathematicians and academics worldwide. Critics saw it as an attack on fundamental research and academic freedom, arguing the university was prioritising profitable subjects over core scholarship and setting a worrying precedent for UK higher education.
Why now: The drastic move to cut an entire pure maths professoriate struck a nerve in academic communities worried about the decline of fundamental research.
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