English literature is being suspended as a degree at a university amid pressure from government to ensure graduates go straight into well-paid jobs.
James Graham, the playwright behind the television drama Sherwood, was among those criticising Sheffield Hallam University for suspending the course. At least two other universities, Roehampton and Wolverhampton, have announced planned closures of arts and humanities programmes and UCU, the lecturers’ union, has said that jobs in those areas are at risk at De Montfort and Huddersfield universities.
