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Campaign to save Cumbria Uni law degree
- 17th February 2010
Law students at the University of Cumbria are fighting to save its law degree programme just two years after it started.
Students have been told the law degree could be axed and a decision is set to be announced later this month after an academic review of the courses and facilities is completed.
Last year around 20 students started the law degree and campaigning students are saying the law course is essential for the future of the area. The students are saying that not everyone in Cumbria wants to work in tourism or the energy sector with one student saying “we have more ambition that that”.
A current law student, 20-year-old Emma Carr, said: “It would be a great loss for the staff, students and the local people of Cumbria to lose such a prestigious degree after only two intakes of students when it has not been given a chance to prove its worth.”
The university is asking for a £25m cash injection as part of a rescue package to help the university out of its financial crisis. History and arts degree programmes are also at risk of being axed.
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