I'm not normally one to promote petitions, or even to sign them. But, once in a while, I do get the odd one. Apparently, in all its wisdom, the University of Birmingham has decided to close the Institute of Antiquity and Archaeology, lay off 'some' staff and dismember the departments and spread them throughout the university. What's more, this decision has apparently been taken by the Head of the IAA, in a move most kamikaze pilots would heartily approve of. And the review of the whole affair has been conducted in the best of the New Labour tradition, where the outcome had been determined in advance (Allegedly. Because you can say whatever you like, providing it contains the word allegedly).
I happen to like the early Middle Ages. And don't like rigged consultations. Or the unceasing battering which the Higher Education sector, especially the humanities, is taking at the moment. The petition is below. You know you want to sign it too:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/save-the-iaa/
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