Goldsmiths accused of being ‘determined’ to close Black British literature course

Staff, students and writers criticise decision to issue programme’s co-founder with a redundancy notice

Goldsmiths, University of London has been accused of being “determined” to close its Black British literature course after selecting its co-founder for redundancy as part of a cost-cutting programme.

On Monday provisional redundancy notices were issued to 97 academic staff across 11 university departments, the Guardian understands, including Prof Deirdre Osborne.