23rd February 2024
Read UE’s joint letter with English Association and the Institute for English Studies, and
University English, opposing redundancies at the University of Kent and offering to meet Senior Management to discuss practical solutions.
This letter highlights the issue of Universities relying on historically problematic data to make life changing decisions. It points out that the of ten ‘top skills for 2025’ listed in the World Economic Forum’s ‘Future of Jobs Report’, eight derive from arts and humanities disciplines. It also underscores the importance of multidisciplinary approaches and alternatives to today’s challenges, not least the critical value of language and linguistics to our AI futures. You can read the full letter here: Kent-letter-02.2024-EAIESUE
