UPDATE: Sunday 9 May, 5:15 pm CDT: much more is at stake in the Save Middlesex Philosophy campaign than just philosophy at one London university. Administrators all over the world are watching this situation and will have to think twice about such moves in the face of the international resistance the MDX admin is receiving. So please take part by writing a letter to the MDX Board: the program you save may be your own!
UPDATE Sunday 9 May, 3:00 pm CDT: Please see my Open Letter to the MDX Board . Please consider writing one of your own to the Board as well as to the administrators.
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According to the Middlesex 2009 financial statement, available here: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/Assets/Finan_stat_08_09.pdf (see pages 30-31) we find the following trends in the time period from 2008 to 2009.
Academic staff declines from 748 to 733
Admin and senior staff rises from 888 to 890.
Number of admin staff receiving total compensation ("emoluments") above 100,000 pounds rises from 7 to 13.
Total admin compensation rises from 1.06 million pounds to 1.75 million pounds
Total compensation for the Vice Chancellor, Michael Driscoll, rises from 223,000 pounds to 246,000
UPDATE: Friday 7 May, 2:20 pm, CDT: three useful links
Save Middlesex Philosophy website: http://savemdxphil.wordpress.com/
Petition site: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-middlesex-philosophy.html
Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119102561449990
UPDATE, Saturday 8 May, 11:00 pm CDT:
Statements in support of Middlesex philosophy by the APA and by SPEP
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