African history students awarded compensation after master’s axed

University of Chichester had suspended recruitment to its history of Africa and the African diaspora MRes

An independent adjudicator has ruled partly in favour of students who challenged the University of Chichester after their African history course was abruptly terminated in 2023.

The University of Chichester suspended recruitment to its research master's (MRes) in the history of Africa and the African diaspora without warning, and made the course leader, Prof Hakim Adi, an academic and expert in African history, redundant.