Professors at the world renowned Birmingham City University say “They sat us down and told us straight away… we’ve closed the masters… and all your jobs are at risk,” said Prof Kehinde Andrews, who leads the university’s black studies department.

The university, which made the decision in February, has blamed low “student” recruitment for the closure – eight students are currently on the MA course..

Tragic I know.

Part-time student Charmaine will complete her MA next year and was told about its closure via email.

“It feels like an attack on black intellect, because they already withdrew the undergrad course and now withdrawing the masters,” said part time student Charmaine.

With universities across the country having to tighten their belts due to cash shortages…After all coppering up to pay the vice chancellor an average salary of £340,000 p.a must be difficult, at least the ethnics haven’t pulled the race card…

Prof Kalwant Bhopal, director of the Centre for Research in Race and Education at the University of Birmingham said “This creates a dangerous precedent and shows the threat that black academics and their scholarship is under”..

Oh dear.

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