<nettime> economic fears reach academia

["Tomaszek, Patricia" <tomaszek {AT} fk615.uni-siegen.de>]

dear nettimers,

here are some news i wanted to share with you: arising out of economic fears a unique online program in Creative Writing and New Media at De Montfort University in the U.K. will be closed. I would like to encourage you to discuss this alarming information on a blog. Literature, New Media, Art, and a networked online learning culture is in danger, please help and share your thoughts:

http://bookfutures.blogspot.com/2008/11/recessing.html

Thank you,

Patricia

Patricia Tomaszek
Research Center Media Upheavals
Literature, Art, New Media and Technologies
University of Siegen, Germany






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