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University of Leicester moves to cut all pure mathematics professors
Original: University of Leicester to make redundant all pure math professors (2021)
The University of Leicester plans to make all of its pure mathematics professors redundant, a move that has drawn alarm from mathematicians and academics. Critics see it as part of a broader trend of universities cutting fundamental research areas seen as less commercially viable, and the news has sparked debate about the future of pure maths departments in the UK.
Why now: People are shocked that an entire pure mathematics faculty faces redundancy, seeing it as a worrying precedent for basic research.
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