A group of writers including Ian McEwan and Tracy Chevalier has written to the University of East Anglia to condemn job cuts which are seen as a threat to the university’s “world-renowned” creative writing degree.
More than 750 people are signatories, including current and former students at UEA and “members of the broader literary community”.
The letter, which is published in The Times today, accuses the university of failing to explore other methods of saving money, including introducing a salary cap of £100,000 for the highest-paid members of staff.
Tracy Chevalier, the American novelist best known for Girl With a Pearl Earring, was a signatory of the letter to the university
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The university said in an announcement last month that it was planning 36 academic redundancies, 31 of which would come from the faculty of arts and humanities. The university, which is £30 million in debt
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