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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees

The Jubilee Campus at the University of Nottingham.
The Jubilee Campus at the University of Nottingham. Photograph: Christopher Unwin/Alamy

Nottingham will be the only Russell Group university not to teach modern foreign languages degrees if it approves plans to close a swath of courses including Spanish and French as well as music and dozens of others.

The University of Nottingham’s council will next week decide the fate of 48 degree courses currently on offer but many staff fear the worst after the university said it would not accept applications for places next year.

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