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Senior staff members of all three Liverpool universities were quizzed by MPs on Monday as the saga of threatened closures at two institutions rolled on. Professor Jon Saunders, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, was called to give evidence to defend proposals to close four of the university’s areas of study, and revealed that the consultation period to decide the fates of the departments in question will be over by early May.

Professor Michael Brown, Vice-Chancellor of John Moores University (JMU), which recently announced it was scrapping 33 degree programmes, was also part of a panel grilled by the government’s Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee at Liverpool Hope University. The Committee was chaired by Lib Dem MP Phil Willis, who last week described Liverpool University’s plans as a “knee-jerk reaction” to below-par research results.

Saunders also clarified the position of Liverpool’s Dentistry department, also rumoured to be facing closure. He said the area was not threatened but that enrolled students may cease to be taught by practicing dentists.