Top university language departments face harsh cuts

Some of the country's most prestigious universities – including Oxford, Edinburgh and King's College London – are facing swingeing cuts to their language departments because the government has diverted funding from arts and humanities subjects to protect the sciences.

The Guardian

ITALY: Second-class colleagues

Charles Lambert reflects on the struggle of foreign language teachers at Italian universities to attain respect and workers' rights

Times Higher Education (subscription needed for online version)
8-14 May 2008, p. 14