It's been announced just this week that Cambridge University is planning to shut down the Portugese Language Department.
The University used particularly underhand methods to announce this, as no prior notice was given to students this was going to take place, unlike last year's announcement of the possible closure of the Architechture Dept (thwarted!), where it was announced as a POSSIBILITY, rather than a CERTAINTY several months in advance.
The University used particularly underhand methods to announce this, as no prior notice was given to students this was going to take place, unlike last year's announcement of the possible closure of the Architechture Dept (thwarted!), where it was announced as a POSSIBILITY, rather than a CERTAINTY several months in advance.
Banner as Petition!
Cambridge Capoeiristas show solidarity
Care for a dance..?
A "ring leader", perchance..?
In response to this announcement, a very short notice demo was organised, to which about thirty students, and a small contingent of the local Capoeira group, Grupo Senzala turned up to show their support.
Hopefully this will hearald the start of an ongoing campaign against this madness, which is set in the context of many foreign language departments across the country closing or being threatened with closure, along with adult learning courses (night classes) in foreign languages also seeming to be a threatened species.
All the more ironic when you consider that we are now as a population, more mobile than ever around the EU, so you might ask what's going on?!
Further reading:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,825611,00.html
Hopefully this will hearald the start of an ongoing campaign against this madness, which is set in the context of many foreign language departments across the country closing or being threatened with closure, along with adult learning courses (night classes) in foreign languages also seeming to be a threatened species.
All the more ironic when you consider that we are now as a population, more mobile than ever around the EU, so you might ask what's going on?!
Further reading:
http://education.guardian.co.uk/egweekly/story/0,,825611,00.html
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