Thanks very much to all of you for supporting our campaign so far. The views on the blog are going up and up and our prescence on Facebook and Twitter is also growing.
For those who don’t know already, our Facebook address is:
And you can follow us on Twitter at:
@SSSCampaign (hashtag #SSSCampaign)
We are going to be launching an e-petition in the next few days, so watch this space!
We will be holding regular ‘protest cèilidhs’ on Fridays at 1pm, outside the department at 27 George Square, Edinburgh (Southwest corner near the Meadows) – we are calling them the ‘Session on the Steps’ or ‘Cèilidh sa Cheàrnag’. One of the greatest things about this campaign is that it has been a fantastic way for people to get to know each other, and to build links within and beyond the department. We would like to invite anyone interested in the campaign and supporting our cause to come along, it’s great fun – here are some of the members of our campaign at the Burns Cèilidh we held:
Other updates:
- Our campaign appeared on ‘Aithris na Maidne’ on the 28th of January, and ‘An Là’ (both Gaelic news programmes) on the same day.
You can listen to us on Aithris na Maidne (starting ten minutes into the programme) at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qcktw
and view the clip from An Là at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan/21244070
- We have also received support from MSPs at Holyrood – view the tabled motion here: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S4M-05507&ResultsPerPage=10
- There is a great article about us on the National Collective: http://nationalcollective.com/2013/01/29/save-the-school-of-scottish-studies/
School of Scottish Studies Campaign/Iomairt Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba 