Sadly, University of Kent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear

Jon Williamson University of Kent Philosophy, humanities, history and languages are the cheapest departments to run for a university, probably the equivalent of running one science lab. Axing these departments will not bring in a lot of money, but a huge loss in the sense of not being a classical university