Stop Somerville dropping Human Sciences Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/stop-somerville-dropping-human-sciences.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:56 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Ms Philippa Bird [Signature #269] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8210258?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:05:10 UTC 8210258 Mr Michael Needs [Signature #268] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7917564?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:03:05 UTC 7917564 Isabella Marshall [Signature #267] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7312138?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Apr 2010 05:39:42 UTC 7312138 Verena Timbul [Signature #266] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7252440?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:54:49 UTC 7252440 Mrs Emily Harvey (Wentz) [Signature #265] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7251450?utm_medium=rss An extremely disappointing decision on Somerville's part. I would encourage them to reconsider. It's a great course and the college benefits from offering it.

]]> Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:48:20 UTC 7251450 Mr. Peter Horsfall [Signature #264] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7101888?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Mar 2010 09:03:37 UTC 7101888 Ms Klina Jordan [Signature #263] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7038656?utm_medium=rss It would be a great shame to drop this course from your portfolio - it is the broadest course offered at Oxford and enables students to develop a true interdisciplinary understanding of human biology and social sciences.

]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:01:00 UTC 7038656 Miss Zoe Edmonds [Signature #262] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7029820?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:27:46 UTC 7029820 Ms Camilla Baker [Signature #261] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6988375?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:42:28 UTC 6988375 Ms Lisa Backman [Signature #260] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6987826?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:06:14 UTC 6987826 Miss Gianna Chadwick [Signature #259] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6961748?utm_medium=rss Human Sciences is a unique subject, which is immensely enjoyable and challenging. Human Scientists are the envy of other undergraduates, because what and how they study is so interesting.

It is a broad ranging and intellectually demanding course, generating versatile graduates with transferable skills who succeed in a wide range of fields.

I feel privileged to have studied Human Sciences at Somerville. Ceasing to offer it would deprive a new generation of students of a fantastic opportunity.

]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 02:15:29 UTC 6961748 Mr Thomas Wherry [Signature #258] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6961167?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Feb 2010 12:20:14 UTC 6961167 Mr Nicholas Lane [Signature #257] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6955988?utm_medium=rss Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:57:49 UTC 6955988 Emma Cullen [Signature #256] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6952978?utm_medium=rss Sat, 6 Feb 2010 03:32:29 UTC 6952978 Richard Nias [Signature #255] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6946205?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Feb 2010 07:26:10 UTC 6946205 Dr Lucinda Richards [Signature #254] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6944792?utm_medium=rss Fri, 5 Feb 2010 12:21:24 UTC 6944792 Mr RIchard Day [Signature #253] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6939640?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Feb 2010 05:22:52 UTC 6939640 Miss Clare Phipps [Signature #252] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6935656?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:01:59 UTC 6935656 Miss Carly Griggs [Signature #251] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6930254?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Feb 2010 01:28:12 UTC 6930254 Dr Elisabeth Schroeder-Butterfill [Signature #250] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6929038?utm_medium=rss The world, with its current problems of global warming, destruction of habitats, population growth, health crises, ethnic conflict, technological change and poverty needs Human Scientists who understand the interlinkages between problems and can find holistic solutions. Please do not contribute to the destruction of the Human Sciences degree.

]]> Tue, 2 Feb 2010 08:57:42 UTC 6929038 Dr Ruth Malleson [Signature #249] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6928026?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:50:37 UTC 6928026 Miss Katie Leviten [Signature #248] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6926008?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:47:30 UTC 6926008 ms ming claire zhao [Signature #247] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6925223?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:09:21 UTC 6925223 Ms Tanya Khara [Signature #246] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6925036?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 01:33:21 UTC 6925036 Ms Janet Shum [Signature #245] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6923435?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:14:38 UTC 6923435 Miss Ligaya Batten [Signature #244] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6923420?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:11:13 UTC 6923420 Ms Kerri Smith [Signature #243] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6923394?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 08:04:22 UTC 6923394 Mr George MacKinnon [Signature #242] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922886?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 05:54:41 UTC 6922886 Jessie Lever Taylor [Signature #241] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922758?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 05:12:32 UTC 6922758 Mrs Tamara Risso-Gill [Signature #240] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922634?utm_medium=rss The diversity and opportunity presented by the Human Sciences course is second to none. Those whose intellectual curiosity bridges both the arts and sciences have limited options and HumSci caters for that. It remains one of the few courses that serves to unify the faculties of the university. Dropping this from the college list sends out the message that Somerville no longer appreciates the value of inter-disciplinary academic training and its relevance in the wider world.

]]> Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:37:27 UTC 6922634 Dr Cicely Marston [Signature #239] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922631?utm_medium=rss We preferentially select Human Sciences graduates for our postgraduate courses because of the breadth of knowledge and aptitude for interdisciplinary research they show.

]]> Mon, 1 Feb 2010 04:36:21 UTC 6922631 Mr Simon Schoenbuchner [Signature #238] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922527?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 03:56:29 UTC 6922527 Ms Alison Firth [Signature #237] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6922296?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Feb 2010 02:36:10 UTC 6922296 Ms Hayley Lofink [Signature #236] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6921489?utm_medium=rss It would be such a shame to see Somerville drop Human Sciences. I taught human sciences students at Somerville for several years and saw them grow exponentially in knowledge and confidence through this tremendous inter-disciplinary course. Oxford needs more degrees like Human Sciences, and should be promoting it rather than removing it.

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:41:45 UTC 6921489 Mrs Katherine Morris-Wiltshire [Signature #235] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6920572?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:39:19 UTC 6920572 Dr Barbara Jefferis [Signature #234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6920477?utm_medium=rss Human Sciences is an excellent undergraduate degree which should be prized for its broad curriculum and for encouraging synthesis across disciplines. The topics addressed continue to be highly relevant in today's world. Personally I found human sciences immensely beneficial as a background to a career in epidemiologic research as have the many other human scientists who I come accross in similar research fields. It will be a real loss if colleges start to drop Human Sciences.

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:23:39 UTC 6920477 Ms Isobel Bowler [Signature #233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6918287?utm_medium=rss A Human Scientist graduating in 1986 from Magdalen I have found this degree to be a marvellous preparation for life. Somerville was one of the original colleges to support the degree and I believe they will be the poorer for having no Human Scientists in college in future.

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:46:04 UTC 6918287 Ms Sarah Keogh [Signature #232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6917945?utm_medium=rss Human Sciences is such a unique subject, I feel the knowledge gained has really enhanced the rest of my career, and will continue to. No degree is like it, and unfortunately nothing can replace it.

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:06:23 UTC 6917945 Ms Sian Jones [Signature #231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6917827?utm_medium=rss I'm a Human Science graduate working in the FCO and am sadened to see your decision. A number of my colleagues also studied the course and apply the principles it taught on a daily basis. Human Sciences is a unique programme which produces students who go on to contribute to society in the broadest possible way. I believe it reflects very badly on Somerville College that they are not able to recognise the real value of this course.

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:06:45 UTC 6917827 Dr Claire Polkinghorn [Signature #230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6917576?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:38:46 UTC 6917576 Sarah Morris [Signature #229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6915449?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:43:05 UTC 6915449 Sara ffrench-Constant [Signature #228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6915411?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:30:28 UTC 6915411 Ms Cherry Roberts [Signature #227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6915035?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:30:32 UTC 6915035 Mr Aneurin Cominetti [Signature #226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6915010?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:20:12 UTC 6915010 Mr Thomas Parrett [Signature #225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6914841?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:19:06 UTC 6914841 Ms Catriona Matthews [Signature #224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6914548?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:26:38 UTC 6914548 Miss Sophie Aldridge [Signature #223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6914394?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:20:18 UTC 6914394 Mr Edward Goodfellow [Signature #222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6914292?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:38:59 UTC 6914292 Ms Anna Goodman [Signature #221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6911789?utm_medium=rss Human sciences is an outstanding course, and all Oxford colleges should be proud to offer it,

]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:14:28 UTC 6911789 Miss Katherine Adlington [Signature #220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6911784?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:12:53 UTC 6911784 Rebecca Harrison [Signature #219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6911667?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:46:48 UTC 6911667 Ms Puneet Gambhir [Signature #218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6911652?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:43:59 UTC 6911652 Miss Katherine Sissons [Signature #217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6908342?utm_medium=rss This is one of the most diverse courses offered by the university. Students are able to converse academically with others from a wide range of backgrounds. I believe that this course is a valuable addition to any college.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:36:00 UTC 6908342 Mr Chris Mead [Signature #216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6908298?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:25:40 UTC 6908298 Mr Michael Harper [Signature #215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6908293?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:24:24 UTC 6908293 Miss Hannah Douglas [Signature #214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6908089?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:40:46 UTC 6908089 Mr Ching Hu [Signature #213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6907826?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:50:05 UTC 6907826 Mr Will Boyer [Signature #212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6907401?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:24:40 UTC 6907401 Jemima Jewell [Signature #211] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6907086?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:30:17 UTC 6907086 Miss Rachel James [Signature #210] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6907080?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:28:46 UTC 6907080 Miss Francesca Silman [Signature #209] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6906372?utm_medium=rss Human sciences was the most amazing education, and has shaped me to be the type of person I am today. I believe this has helped me immensely in my career as a medical doctor, as I am able to understand both the objective and subjective aspects of medical practice, and the doctor patient relationship. I am able to see disease as more than simply pathology, by putting it into social context.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:44:42 UTC 6906372 Miss Susannah Fisher [Signature #208] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6906150?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:08:49 UTC 6906150 Ms Anneke Newman [Signature #207] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6905792?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:05:22 UTC 6905792 scarlett du Tillieul McNicol [Signature #206] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6905510?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:16:20 UTC 6905510 Dr Louise Knight [Signature #205] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6905458?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:06:15 UTC 6905458 Miss Isabel Lam [Signature #204] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6905134?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:05:51 UTC 6905134 Jake Richards [Signature #203] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6905091?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:59:20 UTC 6905091 Mr Rod Shephard [Signature #202] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6905033?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:48:50 UTC 6905033 Ms Rebecca Tobi [Signature #201] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904904?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:17:36 UTC 6904904 Mr Adam Wynne [Signature #200] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904742?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:33:28 UTC 6904742 Mr David Railton [Signature #199] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904698?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:23:36 UTC 6904698 Miss Anonymous [Signature #198] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904657?utm_medium=rss It is always sad, when an important and interesting course disappears from the options.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:15:14 UTC 6904657 Mr Jason Barnes [Signature #197] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904625?utm_medium=rss I cannot believe that this is happening. Human Scientists at Somerville have always contributed so substantially to the College and the University, both academically and through extra-curricular success. Everyone who is aware of this subject is fascinated by it, and those who study it become utterly immersed in it. The list of careers and achievements of ex-human scientists is long and fascinating.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:07:23 UTC 6904625 Miss Ruth Miller [Signature #196] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904552?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:49:48 UTC 6904552 Ms Li Ashrov [Signature #195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904546?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:48:16 UTC 6904546 Miss Jessica Ehrnreich [Signature #194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904413?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:14:10 UTC 6904413 Ms Katie Bird [Signature #193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904371?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:40 UTC 6904371 Aveek Bhattacharya [Signature #192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904263?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:33:09 UTC 6904263 Mr James Kilby [Signature #191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904223?utm_medium=rss This would be a terrible shame to lose, please rethink.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:20:49 UTC 6904223 Ms Sara Helen Binney [Signature #190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6904069?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:39:25 UTC 6904069 Ms Laura Higgins [Signature #189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6903970?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:10:43 UTC 6903970 Mr Adam Grodecki [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6903967?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:09:34 UTC 6903967 Miss Polly Akhurst [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6903921?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:49:15 UTC 6903921 Ms Mae Penner [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6903842?utm_medium=rss Human Sciences is a course which contains aspects of so many disciplines (anthropology, psychology, sociology, etc.) that it is provides a real education in issues relevant to today's world (unlike many narrower subjects which will continue to be offered). I think it is both unwise and short-sighted to cut this, when it is one of the most vibrant and useful courses available to study at Oxford.

]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:21:07 UTC 6903842 Miss Laura Buchan [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6903461?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:31:21 UTC 6903461 Mr Jake Colman [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902733?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:49:59 UTC 6902733 Miss Isabel Bennett [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902685?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:36:44 UTC 6902685 Miss Marta Szczerba [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902540?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:59:58 UTC 6902540 Mr Barr Even [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902494?utm_medium=rss I think Human Sciences is a fantastic course. I think that its amazing breadth makes it a unique degree at Oxford University. I study PPE, which I greatly enjoy, but I wish that I had know about the Human Sciencies course before I applied to university as I would strongly have considered applying for it.

]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:50:39 UTC 6902494 Miss Min Hae Park [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902249?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:57:42 UTC 6902249 Mr Aaron Butterfield [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902217?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:51:19 UTC 6902217 Mr Louis Bryant [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902019?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:01:48 UTC 6902019 Mr Nick Cooper [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6902009?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:59:10 UTC 6902009 Dr Helen Lydford-Davis [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901953?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:46:33 UTC 6901953 Emma McNeil [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901903?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:37:27 UTC 6901903 miss T Blaukopf [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901892?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:35:52 UTC 6901892 Ms Shruti Uppal [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901849?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:24:21 UTC 6901849 Miss Rose Bailey [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901691?utm_medium=rss Don't do it! human Sciences is such a wonderful degree and has stood me in very good stead. Teaching students to think in interdisciplinary ways about who we are as a species and our interactions with one another and the natural world is so important - if more of us had this opportunity perhaps the world wouldn't be in such an unsustainable mess.

]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:56:27 UTC 6901691 Mr James Percival [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901507?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:26:19 UTC 6901507 Miss Stephanie Peate [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6901407?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:04:50 UTC 6901407