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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Dear colleagues (with
apologies for cross-posting),</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">It is hard to believe, but
the University of Nottingham is proposing closing
<b>all</b> <b>language degrees</b> here, from 2026
onwards. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">It is a disaster for
languages in England, and a personal disaster for many
colleagues who will lose their jobs if this proposal goes
ahead. (Including me! – but it is much worse for many others
who have young families and have many years of their working
lives ahead of them.)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">My colleagues and I would be
very grateful if you could help oppose the plan to close
languages, which really is a bad idea for many reasons – see
website (<a href="https://www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk/"
moz-do-not-send="true">link below</a>) and attached
template letter for some of the reasons. There are viable
alternatives to closure, and they must be considered
seriously before any decision is made.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Below is some information on
how you can help, including signing and sharing the
<a
href="https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-removal-of-modern-languages-courses-at-the-university-of-nottingham"
moz-do-not-send="true">
petition</a> set up by our languages, and/or writing a
letter – as an individual, on behalf of your department/
institution, or scholarly association/ network. You might
also want to comment on fruitful research ties, for example,
as the “international reach” of research is also being
talked about as a facto.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b><br>
</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><b>We know that letters from
international scholars really do make the University
leadership pay attention.</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">So your support could really
make a big difference! <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Please pass this information
among your networks too.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Best wishes, and thanks for
any help you can give!<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Nicola McLelland (and
colleagues)</font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">___________________________________<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">We greatly appreciate your
support for Languages at Nottingham.<br>
We are committed to fighting to overturn plans to close
undergraduate degrees in languages. <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">If you would like to help
us, please consider doing any of the following to contribute
to the campaign:<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font
size="4">Sign and share the petition created by one of our
students:
<br>
</font>
<font size="4"><a
href="https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-removal-of-modern-languages-courses-at-the-university-of-nottingham"
moz-do-not-send="true">Petition · Stop the removal of
Modern Languages courses at the University of
Nottingham! - United Kingdom · Change.org</a><o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font
size="4">Write to our Vice Chancellor, Professor Jane
Norman (<a href="mailto:Jane.norman@nottingham.ac.uk"
title="mailto:Jane.norman@nottingham.ac.uk"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Jane.norman@nottingham.ac.uk</a>),
expressing your support for the Department and our
courses. You can find a template letter, which you may
wish to adapt, under Resources on our website
<a href="https://www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk/"
moz-do-not-send="true">savenottinghamlanguages</a> (the
address is
<a href="https://www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk/</a>
Please also cc. member of our University Council:
<o:p></o:p></font></li>
</ol>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4"> Chair of Council and Pro-Chancellor:<span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>Sir
Keith O'Nions <a
href="mailto:Keith.Onions@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Keith.Onions@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">Vice-Chair of Council:<span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>Sonya
Leydecker <a
href="mailto:Sonya.Leydecker@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Sonya.Leydecker@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">Treasurer: Giles Willits <a
href="mailto:Giles.Willits@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Giles.Willits@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">President and Vice-Chancellor: Professor Jane
Norman <a href="mailto:Jane.Norman@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Jane.Norman@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Professor Sam Kingman <a
href="mailto:sam.kingman@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">sam.kingman@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">Staff Members: <br>
Professor Cecilia Testa <a
href="mailto:cecilia.testa@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cecilia.testa@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <br>
Professor Joanne Lymn<span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><a
href="mailto:joanne.lymn@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joanne.lymn@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <br>
Professor Thomas Sotiriou <a
href="mailto:thomas.sotiriou@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">thomas.sotiriou@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <br>
Andrew Armstrong<span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><a
href="mailto:andrew.armstrong@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">andrew.armstrong@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <span
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">External Members (neither staff nor students): <o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4"><span lang="DE">Helen Miles</span><span
lang="DE"
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><a
href="mailto:Helen.Miles@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Helen.Miles@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <br>
Piyali Mitra </span><a
href="mailto:Piyali.Mitra@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Piyali.Mitra@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <br>
Stephen Odell</span><span lang="DE"
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><a
href="mailto:Stephen.Odell@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Stephen.Odell@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <br>
Michelle Haslem </span><a
href="mailto:Michelle.Haslem@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Michelle.Haslem@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <br>
Richard Parry </span><a
href="mailto:Richard.Parry@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Richard.Parry@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <br>
Rakesh Sharma </span><a
href="mailto:Rakesh.Sharma@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Rakesh.Sharma@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <br>
Anthony Murphy </span><a
href="mailto:Anthony.Murphy@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span lang="DE">Anthony.Murphy@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a><span
lang="DE"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level2 lfo2"><font
size="4">Student Representatives: <br>
Favour Samuel (President) <a
href="mailto:Favour.Samuel@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Favour.Samuel@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <br>
Alma Guo (Vice-President, Education) <a
href="mailto:Alma.Guo@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Alma.Guo@nottingham.ac.uk</a> <o:p></o:p></font></li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="3" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font
size="4">Please consider responding to this email with a
quote about the department and the situation you would be
happy for us to share in public and internal
communications. Along with your words, please include your
name as you would like it shared with your degree(s) and
years of study where appropriate. You may also wish to
include a profession or job title.<o:p></o:p></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font
size="4">Please also consider sharing a few sentences of
testimonial, along with a photo and your years/degree at
Nottingham to
<b>@saveuonmfl on Instagram</b>. This campaign is being
led by students to help paint a picture of the impact of
the department on generations of staff and students.<o:p></o:p></font></li>
</ol>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="5" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font
size="4">Share our website <a
href="https://www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk/home#how-you-can-help"
moz-do-not-send="true">
savenottinghamlanguages</a> and consider writing on our
wall of support there, <a
href="https://www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk/speak-up"
moz-do-not-send="true">
Speak Up for Languages — savenottinghamlanguages</a><o:p></o:p></font></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"> <o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Thank you, again, for your
support for Languages at the University of Nottingham.<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4"><br>
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4">Staff of the UoN Department
of Modern Languages and Cultures</font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My
working pattern may not be yours. I don’t expect you to
respond to messages outside your own normal working hours.
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#009BBD">Prof.
Nicola McLelland
</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">(<i>she/
her</i>)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">Professor
of German and History of Linguistics</span></b><span
style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">Head of
School, School of Humanities</span></b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">Humanities
Building, Rm B36</span><b><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">University
of Nottingham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">University
Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">NG7
2RD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nicola.mclelland@nottingham.ac.uk">nicola.mclelland@nottingham.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#131B57">+44
(0) 115 95 15672</span><b><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#131B57"> </span></b><span
style="color:black">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a
href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/people/nicola.mclelland"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/people/nicola.mclelland</span></a></span></p>
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