The London college is the latest to announce redundancies in a move which, it is said, ‘threaten(s) the future of Goldsmiths’ entire Music Department.’
A student petition announces:
On the 1st of July, the Transformation Programme and SMT made 97 FTE redundancies, including 11 teaching staff from our department. This includes lecturers, professors and instrumental tutors from all branches of the Music Department, with specialisms in electronic music, sound art, jazz, composition, popular music and musicology. These redundancies will reduce the diversity and richness of the Department, and will significantly reduce the specialist courses that Music at Goldsmiths can offer. Importantly, these redundancies will limit the department’s ability to produce groundbreaking work in the field of music…
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