Excellent News from King's College, London!

The "consultation" document has just been released for Arts & Humanities, and, as I read it, all the threatened positions in Philosophy are saved, and no one is being terminated.  I've heard from many at KCL over the past few months that the international outcry and support was having an important influence on the process.  As one philosopher there wrote:  "[O]ur deep thanks go to all those who gave us such tremendous support from outside the college, as well as to our wonderful students, who have been stalwart throughout."

UPDATE:  David Papineau, Head of Department at KCL, writes:

Yes--I'm pleased to say that King's has just announced that it will be able to make the necessary cost savings in the School of Arts and Humanities without any forced redundancies.

 

This is excellent news, particularly for the Philosophy Department.  One result of the difficult last few months has been to bring home to everyone the value of our Department and the importance of preserving its strengths.

 

Nobody is leaving the Department.  In particular Shalom Lappin, Wilfried Meyer-Viol and Charles Travis will all be remaining with us.

 

What is more, we expect to be advertising one or more new appointments very soon.

 

On behalf of my colleagues, I'd like to thank all those who have done so much to support us over the last few months.  They have made all the difference.