Folk music stars join protests over plans to axe Gaelic at Aberdeen University
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6H06S)
Staggering act of cultural vandalism' is part of proposals to cut degree courses in modern languages
Many of Scotland's best-known folk music stars have joined protests by Gaelic scholars, lecturers and politicians over plans by the University of Aberdeen to axe its languages courses.
Award-winning Gaelic and Doric singers such as Iona Fyfe, Mary Ann Kennedy and Julie Fowlis have described the university's proposals as a staggering act of cultural vandalism", with protests now escalating among students and teaching staff.
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