There is a crisis for the mathematical staff at Cardiff University where the University plans to drastically reduce the number of academics and students in the field. The London Mathematical Society are leading the resistance and below is a letter from their President.
Please consider signing this petition, and forward it on to your professional network.
Some details about the situation can also be found here:
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/education/cardiff-university-planned-cuts-risk-30982105
Urgent support for colleagues at Cardiff University
Dear Colleague,
I am writing to you in my role as President of the London Mathematical Society and Chair of the Campaign for the Mathematical Sciences.
Cardiff University is threatening up to half of its staff in pure and applied mathematics with compulsory redundancy, despite the department returning a significant surplus to the university.
As part of our campaign to avert these redundancies, we are now launching an open letter which can be viewed here:
https://tinyurl.com/2vjxurb9
If you are supportive and would like to sign, please fill in this form:
https://forms.gle/bqwZXMkajEVbucWe7
Your name should then automatically appear on the letter (refresh the form).
Feel free to forward this message to your professional network.
With many thanks for your support.
Best wishes,
Jens
Professor Jens Marklof FRS
Henry Overton Wills Chair, University of Bristol
President, London Mathematical Society
Chair, Campaign for the Mathematical Sciences