I’ve just received an update on University of Surrey’s politics department, which was under serious threat in March this year – I shared the story and a couple of updates.

We are delighted to report that the Department of Politics at the University of Surrey will continue to exist as a self-standing autonomous unit and there will be no compulsory redundancies.

Following threat of closure and major job losses back in March, the Department, led by Dr Roberta Guerrina and backed by the PSA, put together a proposal for the future of the Department that has now been accepted by the University. Under terms that have been agreed by the Vice-Chancellor, the Department will continue to exist, a total of ten people will remain within the Department, all undergraduate, masters and post-graduate programmes will continue to run and the Department will maintain its research intensity.

Congratulations to all involved.

Please do feel free to share this information with colleagues.  The PSA has also published the news on our website and via Twitter here.

Yours faithfully,

James Ludley

Programme Development Officer

Political Studies Association