The Royal College of Music is one of London’s most venerable institutions. But its students and faculty are in an uproar over cuts at the school. “Nineteen salaried staff have been “invited” to reapply for their jobs. The idea is to cut the number of positions, thus saving money, and to weed out those staffers who might undermine the college’s attempts to score high in the next research-rating round. Those who aren’t reappointed will be offered teaching on an hourly rate or redundancy. The students are said to be “up in arms about their favourite teachers being kicked into touch”.”