MOVING TO FRONT FROM APRIL 29–TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE, PLEASE SIGN IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO!

…here.  The international outcry did, in fact, cause administrators at King's College, London to revise some (alas, not all) of their plans.  We may hope that a similar response in this case will have some effect.  As a commenter on the other thread notes, the opinion of U.S. academics is something that U.K. academic administrators are sensitive to.

NOTE THAT THE petition does not provide a place for institutional affiliations.  Do include your city and country, however, to make clear that the news of this disgraceful behavior is being noted internationally.  And if you are a U.S. academic, choose "Prof." as title, again to make clear that it is an international academic community that disapproves of this latest example of mindless behavior by out-of-control academic bureaucrats.