30 Nov 2004 17:16
Architecture under threat at Cambridge
Cambridge's architecture department is under threat because it's not good enough, the university has said. It came out below par in the government's most recent research ranking exercise, scoring 4 rather than the 5 or 5* of Cambridge's other departments. Apart from a loss of prestige – 4 is not a "world-class" score – it also means it gets less money than if it had rated higher.
The department is not without support, however. Comedian Griff Rhys Jones, presenter of the BBC's Restoration series and the father of a Cambridge architecture student, joined a thousand protestors yesterday who want the department to stay.
Staff and students insist that it is the best institution of its kind in the UK. A decision is expected next week.
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