This Department is innovative and forward looking in its teaching and its research. Amongst its staff are colleagues at the forefront of their respective fields. Film is a crucial dimension of cultural representation today, that is, how we make sense of the world and how different groups negotiate and reflect upon their place in the world. Film is one of the creative industries that contribute so much to the UK economy. Just a few reasons why this is a poor decision.
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Steve Bennison
12 years ago
I have been a teacher of A Level Film Studies & related subjects for over 40 years. Throughout this time, I have always seen strong interest in the subject among students, regardless of its varying institutional status & popular image, & I have seen many many ex-students move on to degree courses in Film Studies, including some at UWE, & benefit enormously, in both intellectual & career terms. I think UWE is being extraordinarily short-sighted
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Het Phillips
12 years ago
Media literacy and critical thinking are vastly important skills for young people to develop and for adults to navigate the society in which we live, it's completely ridiculous that university teaching responding to this need is given such a low priority.
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John Fitzgerald
12 years ago
What is the rationale for this? If the course is getting students then let it run.
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Thomas Mewies
12 years ago
Films are an important part of our culture and cutting these courses will leave the University both culturally and intellectually poorer.
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Fabian Breckels
12 years ago
Cultural studies, including film, matter, that's why I signed
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Thangam Debbonaire
12 years ago
Film is part of our lives, studying it is part of offering a broad and deep cultural education. UWE's film department has an outstanding record - cutting humanities courses diminishes us all. Don't do it!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Its a really important department, known across bristol and beyond, which makes a vital social and cultural contribution to the city. Please don't close it.
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Carole Boyer
12 years ago
British film has become a national asset - don't strip it of its future.
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katie strange
12 years ago
I graduated in 2007 in Film at UWE, I met some incredible people and the course was very fulfilling, challenging me to look at the world through different perspectives which I carry with me today. Do not let this nation be ruled by bankers and business! We need arts and humanties! Keep Strong!!
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Margaret Hickman
12 years ago
This department must be saved.
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Professor Roger Bromley
12 years ago
Decisions like this, taken without consultation as far as I understand, will soon become all too common and threaten all those in Higher Education if one management body is allowed to get away with it unopposed.
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Wickham Clayton
12 years ago
Closure reinforces the fallacious notion that traditional disciplines are the only academically viable routes for students. It reflects poorly on the university's consideration of contemporisation and modern relevance, and ultimately robs society of valuable contributors to culture and knowledge.
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David Jepson
12 years ago
This will undermine the reputation of UWE both in Bristol and beyond.
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phil vellender
12 years ago
appalling decision what is the point of a university if it does not support amazing courses like this ?
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Jed Novick
12 years ago
What a daft idea
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Nessa Johnston
12 years ago
Film is such an important subject. It is a major cultural force, and we live in a media-saturated world. What is the grand plan behind this measure? Do universities aspire ultimately to only teach business??
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kathy robinson
12 years ago
Why do we have to ask
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Jonathan Wroot
12 years ago
Film studies is simply another way to study history. Are history departments next?
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Leshu Torchin
12 years ago
It is shocking and appalling to do anything that shuts down a film studies programme. This is a crucial educational force in media literacy, and, if I were to induld the neoliberal discourse, a course that develops crucial skills for employability. Thse may not be the most important reasons to preserve this department, but one suspects they are reasons that speak to the Powers that Be.
This Department is innovative and forward looking in its teaching and its research. Amongst its staff are colleagues at the forefront of their respective fields. Film is a crucial dimension of cultural representation today, that is, how we make sense of the world and how different groups negotiate and reflect upon their place in the world. Film is one of the creative industries that contribute so much to the UK economy. Just a few reasons why this is a poor decision.
I have been a teacher of A Level Film Studies & related subjects for over 40 years. Throughout this time, I have always seen strong interest in the subject among students, regardless of its varying institutional status & popular image, & I have seen many many ex-students move on to degree courses in Film Studies, including some at UWE, & benefit enormously, in both intellectual & career terms. I think UWE is being extraordinarily short-sighted
Media literacy and critical thinking are vastly important skills for young people to develop and for adults to navigate the society in which we live, it's completely ridiculous that university teaching responding to this need is given such a low priority.
What is the rationale for this? If the course is getting students then let it run.
Films are an important part of our culture and cutting these courses will leave the University both culturally and intellectually poorer.
Cultural studies, including film, matter, that's why I signed
Film is part of our lives, studying it is part of offering a broad and deep cultural education. UWE's film department has an outstanding record - cutting humanities courses diminishes us all. Don't do it!
Its a really important department, known across bristol and beyond, which makes a vital social and cultural contribution to the city. Please don't close it.
British film has become a national asset - don't strip it of its future.
I graduated in 2007 in Film at UWE, I met some incredible people and the course was very fulfilling, challenging me to look at the world through different perspectives which I carry with me today. Do not let this nation be ruled by bankers and business! We need arts and humanties! Keep Strong!!
This department must be saved.
Decisions like this, taken without consultation as far as I understand, will soon become all too common and threaten all those in Higher Education if one management body is allowed to get away with it unopposed.
Closure reinforces the fallacious notion that traditional disciplines are the only academically viable routes for students. It reflects poorly on the university's consideration of contemporisation and modern relevance, and ultimately robs society of valuable contributors to culture and knowledge.
This will undermine the reputation of UWE both in Bristol and beyond.
appalling decision what is the point of a university if it does not support amazing courses like this ?
What a daft idea
Film is such an important subject. It is a major cultural force, and we live in a media-saturated world. What is the grand plan behind this measure? Do universities aspire ultimately to only teach business??
Why do we have to ask
Film studies is simply another way to study history. Are history departments next?
It is shocking and appalling to do anything that shuts down a film studies programme. This is a crucial educational force in media literacy, and, if I were to induld the neoliberal discourse, a course that develops crucial skills for employability. Thse may not be the most important reasons to preserve this department, but one suspects they are reasons that speak to the Powers that Be.