King's UCU dispute 2010
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The links here are provided as a record of some of the media coverage and online discussion of the situation at King's in early 2010.
Dispute at King's, 2010
The situation at King's in early 2010 attracted wide national and international attention. Some items of interest:
- 'The Report' on the likely impact of public spending cuts on English universities - includes coverage of the situation at King's. (BBC Radio 4, 19 April 2010)
- On the dark arts (blog posting by Iain Pears, 26 March 2010)
- University cuts start to bite: The world is watching... (Guardian, 23 March 2010)
- Public relations disasters: a how-to guide (blog posting by Iain Pears, 17 March)
- Salaries soar for heads of British universities (Guardian, 14 March)
- Britain: The Disgrace of the Universities (New York Review of Books blog, 9 March)
- King's ... Will Require All Humanities Faculty to "Re-apply" for Their Current Positions (Philosophy online in China, 28 February)
- The palaeographer and the managers... (blog posting by Iain Pears, 27 February)
- Mary Beard: A Don's Life, 28 January 2010
- 'Draconian' measure: King's to cut 205 jobs (Times Higher, 4 February)
- King’s College to axe 500 jobs after cash cuts (Evening Standard, 4 February)
- Cuts Threaten Unique Post (The Harvard Crimson, 4 February)
- Universities face crisis as cuts crash in on academia (Guardian,8 February)
- Writing off the UK's last palaeographer (Guardian, 9 February)
- International scholars decry the 'madness' of King's (Times Higher, 11 February)
- Storm of protest over 'savage' cuts ripping through KCL (London Student, 15 February)
- Landmark strike vote at King’s College London (Times Higher, 27 February) - also see comments at the end of the article.