Brussels-based University of Kent students have said they have been left in the lurch by the university’s decision to suddenly close its satellite campus, a move they claimed was taken without any consultation.
In a statement a group of Brussels School of International Studies (BSIS) students said the process of closing the 25-year-old site had been “grossly mishandled” and that being told of the decision in a “cryptic” 30 March email was “callous”.
Summer Felsen, who is studying a master’s in international relations with conflict and security, told Times Higher Education she and fellow students had been “left in the dark”.
“This was a really big mistake,” she said, adding that she did not feel the university had considered any alternatives to the “drastic decision”.
