Aston University has announced sweeping plans to close a whole host of programmes and services which will hugely impact language and humanities provision at the institution. This includes closing the Department of History, Languages and Translation and the Languages for All programme.
The plans mean that 24 staff are at risk of redundancy and would have far reaching implications for these important disciplines at the university and more widely across the higher education sector.
Please sign our petition to save these subjects and defend the jobs of hardworking, committed staff currently facing redundancy:
Defend History and Language provision at Aston University
This petition is now closed. Thank you for your support.
End date: Jul 11, 2022
Signatures collected: 6,888
6,888 signatures
Signed:
6,888
Oletta Stewat
Aston University
6,887
Jake Yeates
Queen Alexandra College
6,886
Charlotte-Annabel Jago
6,885
Chris Downs
The Open University
6,884
Christopher Maguire
North Yorkshire
6,883
Anthony Warde
The University of Sheffield
6,882
Stephanie Angarita
6,881
Neill Porteous
Sangji University
6,880
Lorna Lloyd
Keele University
6,879
Edward Parker
Cologne International School
6,878
Justine Mercer
Leicestershire
6,877
Daniella Kostroun
IN
6,876
Ewan Kissane
6,875
Nicola Haden
Aston alumni (2000)
6,874
Harry Croxford
West Midlands
6,873
Matt Perry
Newcastle University
6,872
Jiayi Lu
University of Edinburgh
6,871
Bethany Wong
Aston university
6,870
Malcolm Eva
Retired
6,869
Vikalp Chandela
Aston
6,868
Raj Tiwary
6,867
claudia daventry
writer
6,866
Jasmine Byrne
6,865
Shelby Robert
6,864
Natalia Fernandez
Birmingham
6,863
Laura Povoledo
UWE
6,862
Wendy Bartlam
London
6,861
Stephen Clarke
Retired
6,860
Catherine Johnson
European Commission
6,859
Karina Akbar
B29
6,858
Paul McCarthy
Staffordshire
6,857
Eileen Heath
Haringey Council
6,856
Mariana Yonamine
UNSW
6,855
Ismael K.Gomez
TJU
6,854
Rishii Sunak
India
6,853
Avni Dave
London
6,852
Clair Sharpe
University of Liverpool
6,851
SIAN WILLIAMS
ucb
6,850
Joel Evans
University of Nottingham
6,849
Irena Hubble-Brezowski
Somerset
6,848
James Dunn
Student
6,847
Silvia Fernandez
Freelance translator and interpreter
6,846
Justina Hart
Freelance writer born and raised in Birmingham
6,845
Colonel Sanders
Kentucky, USA
6,844
Christopher Seymour
County (optional)
6,843
Izabel Souza
6,842
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
6,841
Chicken Tikka Masala
India
6,840
Connor Bartlam
Connor Bartlam Translations
6,839
Olivia Hinds
Aston University Graduate
6,838
Stephen Rooney
- Select -
6,837
Dante John-Baptiste
Aston University
6,836
Sara Crangle
University of Sussex
6,835
Heather Heiner
QMUL
6,834
STEPHEN DAVIS
WEST YORKS
6,833
Jess Roberts
Lough College
6,832
Boris Johnson
England
6,831
Lady Gaga
US
6,830
Michelle Howell
South and City College Birmingham
6,829
Veronica Heath
University of Reading
6,828
María Montanez
Open University
6,827
Faishel Abidhin
Cox's Bazar government college
6,826
P B
London
6,825
Bogdan Smarandache
6,824
Jean-Marc Trouille
West Yorkshire
6,823
Kay McBurney
Freelance translator
6,822
Caroline Barker
University College London
6,821
Alexandra Feldhofer
Jobruf GmbH & freelance writer
6,820
Catherine Tang
University College London
6,819
Alessandro Sintoni
Università di Bologna
6,818
Emma Hollinshead
6,817
Liz Rundle
6,816
simon kirkley
Quilter Financial Planning
6,815
Mike Gaffney
Aston University - Modern Languages graduate 1997
6,814
Christophe Charlec
Freelance translator
6,813
Julia Burgess
Aston alumnus and freelance translator
6,812
Thomas Furse
City, University of London
6,811
Leo Carter
England
6,810
Anne Davies
Parent of Aston University alumnus
6,809
George Feiger
Aston University
6,808
Fiona Doloughan
Open University, Milton Keynes
6,807
Gregory New
NSW
6,806
Catherine Ginn
Surrey
6,805
Lucy Faire
Open University
6,804
R.G. Harcourt
University of Warwick
6,803
Nichol Callaghan
Cheshire
6,802
Hugh Terry
None
6,801
Alina Fuhrmann
NetSuite
6,800
Daniel Lees
France
6,799
Roberto Veneziani
Queen Mary University of London
6,798
M O'Hare
Aston Languages Graduate
6,797
jennifer drabble
Barnsley
6,796
fan Luo
ZHENGZHOU
6,795
David Golland
Governors State University
6,794
Jess Lloyd
Wiltshire
6,793
Jessica Lippiatt
Aston graduate
6,792
Siobhann Chapman
6,791
Emma Mouchet
Beaconsfield
6,790
Emily Palmer
Una Europa vzw
6,789
Polly Krabbe
Oxford
6,788
Romina Dove
Education
6,787
Sara-Jane Arbury
Freelance
6,786
Winnie Li
University of Glasgow
6,785
Jake Warner
Warner Visuals
6,784
Clare Partington
Bristol/Chepstow
6,783
Xinyin Liu
Dalian University of Foreign Languages
6,782
liu leona
6,781
Ashley Dodsworth
University of Bristol
6,780
Georgios Varouxakis
Queen Mary University of London
6,779
Richard Shorten
West Midlands
6,778
TAN yuxin
湖北医药学院
6,777
Jingru Liu
University of Birmingham
6,776
Jen Perryman
Bristol
6,775
Josephine Jacquot
EMPOWER Translate
6,774
lucy kemery
6,773
Stephen Davies
EMPOWER Translate
6,772
Sarah Golding
Empower Translate Global Ltd
6,771
Lara Davies-Jones
Bristol
6,770
Jiayuan Zhang
Nanjing Normal University
6,769
Toby Partington
6,768
Shanice Clemmings
6,767
Lia McGlynn
EMPOWER Translate
6,766
Alexis Lopez-Gonzalez
Devon
6,765
Ruth Partington
Empower Translate AND Association of Translation Companies (ATC)
6,764
Eddy-PIerre Larra
6,763
Francis Katamba
Lancaster University
6,762
Naomi Head
University of Glasgow
6,761
Miguel Angel SAONA-VALLEJOS
Manchester Metropolitan University
6,760
Alice Byrne
Aix Marseille University
6,759
Ashwin Patel
Aston University
6,758
David Herzberg
University at Buffalo (SUNY), Buffalo, NY
6,757
Nikoletta Alexandri
Lancashire
6,756
Sarah Raisbeck
GB-WMD
6,755
Iris Beier
Birmingham
6,754
Malcolm Murfett
King's College London
6,753
Cecilia Morgan
Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto
6,752
Louise Rolingher
University of Alberta
6,751
Adele Langlois
University of Lincoln
6,750
Jamie Gaskarth
The Open University
6,749
Russell Parker
Warwickshire
6,748
Gerard Clarke
Swansea University
6,747
Lillian Aldus
6,746
Nick Caddick
Anglia Ruskin University
6,745
Noe Cornago
University of the Basque Country
6,744
Martin Farr
Newcastle University
6,743
Tajinder Hayer
Lancaster University
6,742
Hugh Dunkerley
State *
6,741
Jennifer Davidson
Merseyside
6,740
Michael Mullin
SD
6,739
Susan Cahn
University at Buffalo
6,738
Angeliki Petrits
European Commission
6,737
Shayna Devlin
NY
6,736
Yan Liu
NEW YORK
6,735
Tamara Plakins Thornton
SUNY, Buffalo
6,734
Claire Schen
NY
6,733
Hal Langfur
New York
6,732
Erik Seeman
University at Buffalo
6,731
Kristin Stapleton
University at Buffalo, SUNY
6,730
Gwen Dupre
Lanarkshire
6,729
Tom Vaughan
Aberystwyth University
6,728
Joke Daems
Ghent University
6,727
Joshua Branson
Roehampton
6,726
Sébastien Salbayre
6,725
Natalie Olivadoti
The Open University
6,724
Pongchawin Washirakom
Ex Aston University
6,723
Maggie Williams
6,722
Theresa Biberauer
University of Cambridge
6,721
Scott Weightman
Nottingham
6,720
Taegan Jones
Priestley College, Warrington
6,719
Louise Woodward
Aston graduate
6,718
John Gillett
Freelance lecturer
6,717
Rosita Seychell
Malta
6,716
Justine Hut
Mount Royal University
6,715
Donna Doyle
NY
6,714
Esther Bosompem
Ghana Institute of Languages
6,713
Sean Forner
Michigan State University
6,712
Vladimir Kapor
University of Manchester
6,711
Angela Kölling
Fachbereich Translations- Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft
6,710
Roy Nitzberg
NY
6,709
Deborah Kerfoot
Keele University
6,708
Johanna Malt
Select state/region
6,707
Greg Kaster
Gustavus Adolphus College
6,706
Russell Martin
PA
6,705
Jens Eike Schnall
University of Bergen
6,704
Lincoln Paine
University of Maine School of Law
6,703
Kamran Khan
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
6,702
Svenja Bethke
University of Leicester
6,701
Heather Coleman
Alberta
6,700
Christine Adams
VA
6,699
Joshua Goode
Claremont graduate university
6,698
Pat Devine
University of Manchester, Honorary Research Fellow
6,697
Susan Farnsworth
VA
6,696
Eddie Little
Retired
6,695
Lucy Chester
University of Colorado Boulder
6,694
Wendy Dossett
University of Chester
6,693
David Harris Sacks
History Dept., Reed College, Portland, Oregon USA
6,692
Michael Normoyle
6,691
Christine Peach
Surrey
6,690
Dan Bouk
Colgate University
6,689
Alice Browne
Retired
6,688
Lilly Havstad
Northeastern University
6,687
Lorri McAuley
Paisley
6,686
Lynn Fotheringham
University of Nottingham
6,685
Michael Ramey
St. Johns River State College
6,684
Greville Corbett
University of Surrey
6,683
Georgia Dobson
6,682
David Lawrence
Middlesex
6,681
Chrysanthi Gallou
6,680
Anthony Buccitelli
PA
6,679
Carrie Prettiman
University of the People
6,678
Kim Hope
Derbyshire
6,677
Alexander Lester
Lackawanna College
6,676
Richard Immerman
PA
6,675
David Shafer
California State University, Long Beach
6,674
Veronica Villano
University Roma Tre
6,673
John Cornell
MA
6,672
Cecile Fromont
Yale
6,671
Agard Jean-Yves
Novelum IEO Perigòrd
6,670
Jana Lim
Aston University
6,669
Sue Horton-Smith
Aquinas College, Stockport
6,668
John Legg
George Mason University
6,667
Susan Jones
London
6,666
Mary Wardle
Sapienza, University of Rome
6,665
Randy Willis
CO
6,664
Rachel Hatchard
MMU
6,663
Allan A. Tulchin
Maryland
6,662
Ronald Davis
TX
6,661
Tammy Proctor
UT
6,660
Cecile DeCat
University of Leeds
6,659
Robert Galler
MN
6,658
Catherine Phipps
TN
6,657
Michael David-Fox
Washington, DC
6,656
Mathew Guest
Durham University
6,655
Karen Corrigan
Newcastle University
6,654
Johanneke Sytsema
University of Oxford
6,653
Octavio R. Gonzalez
Wellesley College
6,652
Meghan Foster
6,651
Laura Glancey
White Pebble Translations
6,650
valerie kaneko-lucas
performance preparation academy
6,649
Darren Moon
London School of Economics and Political Science
6,648
Sonia Devi
Aston university
6,647
Naomi F
6,646
Faye Hammill
6,645
Theodora Alexopoulou
University of Cambridge
6,644
Wataru Uegaki
Midlothian
6,643
Arabella Stanger
University of Sussex
6,642
Maggie Scott
University of Salford
6,641
Gwen Brekelmans
QMUL
6,640
Stephanie Palmer
Nottingham Trent University
6,639
Peter Ackema
University of Edinburgh
6,638
Daniel Matlin
N/A
6,637
David Adger
Queen Mary University of London
6,636
Babette Verhoeven
Greater Manchester
6,635
Catherine Walter
University of Oxford
6,634
Jamie Wood
University of Lincoln
6,633
Ghada Khattab
Newcastle University
6,632
Ann Taylor
University of York
6,631
Diana Torres
PUCE
6,630
Keith Tse
Ronin Institute
6,629
Tamara Tomic-Vajagic
University
6,628
Susan Giucher
ex Aston University
6,627
Stephen Pattison
University of Birmingham
6,626
Dean Kotlowski
MD - Maryland
6,625
Paul Crosthwaite
University of Edinburgh
6,624
Mandy Gordon
Southampton
6,623
Hannah Balderson
England
6,622
Paul Williams
University of Exeter
6,621
Xine Yao
UCL
6,620
Jake Jennings
Woodrush high school
6,619
Jodie Jodie
6,618
Emily Haddock
Birmingham
6,617
Archie Wright
Birmingham
6,616
Marion Bowman
The Open University
6,615
Steven Woodbridge
Kingston University
6,614
John Barclay
Durham University
6,613
Kristian Lane
University of Derby
6,612
Jodean Sumner
Lancashire
6,611
Dong Jo Shin
NY
6,610
Daniel Lea
Oxford Brookes University
6,609
David Brown
Hertfordshire
6,608
Noe Pliego Campos
University of Notre Dame
6,607
Sos Eltis
University of Oxford
6,606
Tiziana Morosetti
Goldsmiths
6,605
Amanda Couch
University for the Creative Arts
6,604
Anne-José Villeneuve
University of Alberta (Canada)
6,603
Susan Jones
U of Oxford
6,602
Mike Pacey
University of Central Lancashire
6,601
Dr. Kate Katafiasz
Newman University
6,600
Carina Bartleet
Oxford Brookes University
6,599
Stef Kerrigan
University of Chester
6,598
Timothy Lee
6,597
Jennifer Jenkins
Coventry Diocesan Board of Education
6,596
Jocelyn Spence
University of Nottingham
6,595
Lisa Sinclair
University of Manchester Student
6,594
Sadia Gajjar
6,593
Lesley Andrade
Portugal
6,592
Claudia Uller
Kingston University
6,591
bethany miller
University of Birmingham
6,590
Carola Lange
Armed Forces Europe, the Middle East, an
6,589
Chloe Haskett
Aston Student
6,588
Ruth Lennard
Adult and Community Education
6,587
Kirsten Somerville
Glasgow International College
6,586
Ayla Rosales
Glasgow
6,585
Jacqueline Darcy
Warwickshire college group
6,584
John Sullivan
Warwickshire
6,583
Jolanta Hudson
University of Glasgow
6,582
Parminder Garcha
Birmingham
6,581
Jenny Beech
Aston University
6,580
Matthew OConnell
Reward
6,579
Miklos Lojko
Central European University, Budapest & Vienna
6,578
Emily Mason
County (optional)
6,577
Solita Mensah
Honeywell
6,576
Daniela Omlor
University of Oxford
6,575
Elana Summers
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
6,574
Helene Pulker
The Open University
6,573
Phillip Tipton
University of Salford
6,572
Hudda Saleh
6,571
Amal Al-Azzani
Aston University
6,570
Caitlin Coyle
University of Glasgow
6,569
Megan Stevenson
6,568
Isabelle Suremann
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Translation and Interpreting
6,567
Hussain Bhemat
Aston
6,566
Rebecca Wynter
6,565
Christopher Jackson
DVV Media UK
6,564
Mike Esbester
University of Portsmouth
6,563
Christopher Pittard
University of Portsmouth
6,562
Madhurima Datta
Aston University
6,561
Andrew Colthurst
6,560
Robert Gildea
-- Select One --
6,559
Venkatesh Cheruku
Aston University
6,558
Abigail Landa
Loughborough University London student
6,557
Christopher Griffin
University of Warwick, UK
6,556
Marie Allegre
Portsmouth
6,555
Mim Carmona-Gordon
6,554
Sophie Elsmore
London South Bank University
6,553
Christen Konomoore
Aston
6,552
Amy Haigh
6,551
Jonathan Colman
University of Central Lancashire
6,550
Kunal Mahajan
Aston University
6,549
Penny Morris
University of Glasgow
6,548
Helen Rodger
New Leaf Property Management Ltd
6,547
Peter Mill
Purpose Property
6,546
Simon Tate
6,545
Eleanor Pearson
6,544
Caroline Ardrey
University of Birmingham
6,543
John Pearson
Hampshire
6,542
Francis Lough
6,541
Jodie Ashford
Aston University
6,540
Mervyn O'Driscoll
Ireland
6,539
Michael Rodger
6,538
Paul Wingrove
Retired from University of Greenwich
6,537
Claire Taylor
University of Liverpool
6,536
Kristina Belajeva
West Midlands
6,535
Sarah finch
school
6,534
Holly Meredith
Herefordshire
6,533
Przemysław Piotr Damski
Vistula University, Faculty of Business and International Relations, Warsaw, Poland
6,532
Jordi Cornella-Detrell
University of Glasgow
6,531
Danielle Gallagher
Amazon
6,530
Harry Mace
University of Cambridge
6,529
Amandeep Rai
Aston University
6,528
Pakhi Sharma
West Midlands
6,527
Raju Pandi
Aston University
6,526
Kevin N
Aston university
6,525
Anastasia Manousaridou
Aston University
6,524
Aneta Marren
University of Glasgow
6,523
Joanne Brueton
ULIP
6,522
Ellen Schrecker
Yeshiva University retired
6,521
Robyn Rowe
NY
6,520
Ruth Cruickshank
Hampshire
6,519
Balraj Purewal
Aston
6,518
Chris Finch
Plumber
6,517
Jane Van Rossem
Shrewsbury
6,516
Margaret Stinton
Retired
6,515
Ruth Finch
NHS
6,514
Anna Finch
Shropshire
6,513
michael kirkman
Shropshire
6,512
Victoria Saunders
University of Birmingham
6,511
Marina Lewis
Uob
6,510
Natalie James
ASU
6,509
Nathanial Gardner
University of Glasgow
6,508
Marcus Grandon
University of Birmingham
6,507
Helen Hunter
Birmingham
6,506
Bianca Peel
University of Glasgow
6,505
Judith Obrador
University of Glasgow
6,504
Alan Dobson
6,503
Noura Mohtadi
UCL
6,502
Guillem Colom-Montero
University of Glasgow
6,501
Samer Saboba
Aston Uni
6,500
Elisa Segnini
University of Glasgow
6,499
Helena Smith
Student
6,498
Katie McNie
West Midlands
6,497
Estelle Delannes
6,496
Amanpreet Sidhu
Aston Students' Union
6,495
Marika Zeimbekis
Please select your state
6,494
Andrea John
Aston University; ARC Aston Students' Union
6,493
Katie Edwards
Aston University
6,492
Nicola Ngombe
Aston University
6,491
Nadine Al-Kudcy
West Midlands
6,490
Rachel Smith
Aston Students' Union
6,489
Bethany Stanton
Aston University
6,488
Bhanu Dakkumalla
West Midlands
6,487
Armelle Blin-Rolland
6,486
Luke Chandler
Aston Student Union
6,485
Kyra Allen
Edinburgh
6,484
Anne Rhead
Aston Students' Union
6,483
Cara Iommi
6,482
Dominic Joseph
Knight Frank
6,481
Sarah Ward
6,480
David Morgans
Teacher of Mathematics
6,479
Pamela Mercado
Wales
6,478
Harkomal Kaur
Aston
6,477
Jessica Bruce
6,476
Jessica Bruce
6,475
Jo SANDFORD
6,474
Connor Brewer
6,473
David Alan
6,472
Adam Jude
6,471
Gary Hollinshead
6,470
Connor Brewer
6,469
Amelia Dixon
6,468
Amelia Dixon
6,467
Connor Brewer
6,466
Amelia Dixon
6,465
Deborah Hollinshead
6,464
Lucie Shipp
Aston Uni
6,463
Peer Depping
HLS
6,462
Jonathan Lewis
Bangor University
6,461
Sabah Hussain
Translator
6,460
Carol Byrne
County (optional)
6,459
Simona Kumar
Aston University
6,458
Maria Butterworth-Martin
6,457
Simona Kumar
Aston University
6,456
Tien Le
Danang University
6,455
Hanisha Madion
Aston university
6,454
David Woods
CO.CORK
6,453
James Stephens
Aston University
6,452
Filipe Sarmento
Aston University
6,451
Peter Smith
Hampshire
6,450
Niseem Bibi
Hallgreen
6,449
Caroline Heath
Hampshire
6,448
Julia Illner
Paderborn University, Germany
6,447
David Heath
Hampshire
6,446
georgie chapman
Aston University
6,445
Hardeep Atti
Aston University
6,444
Ffion Williams
Aston University
6,443
Anya Sutaria
Aston University
6,442
Bonnie Orpin
Student at Aston
6,441
Charlotte Gleghorn
University of Edinburgh
6,440
Megan Whitehouse
University of Birmingham
6,439
Ollie Griffiths
6,438
Tim Banks
Aston University
6,437
Nathaniel Baulch-Jones
Skyscanner
6,436
Mustafa Omed
Aston University
6,435
Nat Queen
University of Birmingham
6,434
Faye Yule
Manchester
6,433
Rhea Bhageerutty
Middlesex university
6,432
Ousman Mohammad
university of Birmingham
6,431
Zara Haider
Leeds Beckett university
6,430
Jagjit Thind
Aston
6,429
Sopna Khanom
Birmingham
6,428
Mairi Maclean
University of Bath
6,427
Nelson Nsofor
Aston
6,426
Eilis Jones O’shannessy
Birmingham city university
6,425
Sam Kirk
Aston university
6,424
Mansoor Seediqi
6,423
Sarya Ahmed
Aston University
6,422
Gurman Ubhi
WestMidlands
6,421
Matt Cullip
Warwick
6,420
Jack Hurst
6,419
Heidi Cullip
6,418
Jack Davis
Warwickshire college
6,417
Michelle Mertens
6,416
Robert Tufanoiu
Aston University
6,415
Siobhan Johnston
Gloucester
6,414
Helen Heath
Lichfield
6,413
Geoffrey Ball
6,412
Martine Maguire
6,411
Vijetha Indran
Aston University
6,410
John Henry
Staffordshire
6,409
Sylvia Hyett
Gloucester
6,408
Nicki Webster
6,407
Katie Griffiths
Birmingham
6,406
Rhianna Brooke
6,405
Karen Ball
6,404
Annie Lea
Aston University
6,403
James Babington
6,402
Kayleigh Brisband
Walsall
6,401
Pauline Babington
West Midlands
6,400
Keith Brisband
West Midlands
6,399
Rowanne Lye
6,398
Ella Edwards
Aston
6,397
Philip Lye
Birmingham
6,396
Chloe Caine
Aston University
6,395
Prabdeep Kalsi
Former Aston University Pupil
6,394
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Aston
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Aston university
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Fathima Khan
Aston university
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Aston University
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Aston University