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SAVE UEA MUSIC!

The University has proposed the closure of the School of Music (MUS).

***There will be a peaceful demonstration in the form of a silent protest at 9am on the 28th November when the decision will be made by University Council. We cannot stress enough the weight of the implications of closing this School, and therefore the importance of this demonstration!***

Nearly 10,000 people have already signed the petition! Add your name here, where you can also let us know your concerns.

Read it through. There are serious questions to be asked of this report. Allowing a School to be closed by conducting a secret report, lacking in sufficient evidence, and rooted in misinterpretation of a 2002 Review that was a 'positive plan' for the School (see the response of the 2002 authors here), and is without any exploration of alternatives, could set a worrying precedent for our university and universities around the country. The authors of the 2011 Report declined to openly and publicly discuss the Report, despite the overwhelming criticism of its lack of openness in putting the Report together.

The decision rests with University Council on 28th November. The School has had an offer from the Royal Music Association (RMA) and the National Association for Music in Higher Education (NAMHE) to bring together some of the most successful music academics from around the country to create a plan to allow the School to expand and flourish without being a weight for the university to carry in the long term. We believe that the University should accept this offer, and should not close the School based on the Report from the Music Review Panel.

See www.saveueamusic.org for statements of support from celebrities, students and academics of all professions from around the world!

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Keep up the support for MUS! Make some noise every day until the decision is made. And get in touch!

Your Union supports the protests against this closure, we will do everything and anything we can to support the fight against this proposal!