Axeing anthropology A-level is ‘cultural barbarism’, say experts

Dismayed academics are seeking the support of Prince Charles in a bid to reverse the exam board decision

The organisers of a growing movement to reverse the decision to ditch anthropology as an A-level subject are seeking the support of Prince Charles, who studied the discipline in the late 1960s.

An online petition railing against the move has already received more than 2,000 signatures and it is understood that the Royal Anthropological Institute has sent a letter to the prince seeking his support. The institute is awaiting a response, but is already collecting names of MPs from all parties who are willing to stand up in protest. It is understood that Andrew Smith, a former Labour education minister, has written to the education secretary, Nicky Morgan, calling for the decision to be reversed.

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