Share What a tragedy if these are being denied to students now, and how crazy if this narrowing down is being done in the name of diversity or decolonization . The value of literature is to help is to imagine worlds we cannot otherwise reach, not to tell us about what is already familiar.
Whilst Leicester bosses will keep modules covering William Shakespeare s classic works, many of the academics who teach the under-threat courses could now lose their jobs.
The University of Leicester has denied the changes are because they are too white
According to The Telegraph, up to 60 jobs are now under threat.