Sauver le département musique de l’Oxford Brookes University
Dear colleagues,For those of you that are unaware, Oxford Brookes University recently announced plans to close its music department.We encourage you to support colleagues there and to make your voice heard.With the Royal Musical Association, Society for Musical Analysis, British Forum for Ethnomusicology and IASPM UK-Ireland, MusicHE has published our co-written letter online and shared it via social media here:https://x.com/MusicHigherEd/status/1727691128525230471?s=20https://www.facebook.com/groups/533123886729299/permalink/24234951842786504/https://musiche.ac.uk/academic-music-associations-joint-letter-to-oxford-brookes-leadership/There is also a Save Music at Brookes campaign started by OBU students here: https://www.instagram.com/savemusicatbrookes/Please consider writing your own letters of support and sharing these social media posts to further raise awareness.You should write to the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Alistair Fitt https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/vice-chancellors-group/vice-chancellorBest wishes,Roddy HawkinsChair, MusicHE