University of Manchester - Eagleton loses retirement appeal

It is a blot on the reputation of the university for not extending the tenure of Professor Eagleton who is a major figure in the field of literary theory, social fields and cultural avenues of our times. Professor Eagleton is an intellectual par excellence, the kind universities would feel proud to have on their faculty list. University of Manchester will regret in the long run and will be remembered for putting politics over academics. There will be many universities who would invite him to join their faculty to enhance their academic image. I, as professor of a university strongly denounce the decision of Manchester university authorities, and appeal to reconsider this unfortunate decision.

Terry Eagleton was never seen by undergraduate students at Manchester and offered few courses to a select postgraduate community. Good riddance to a proclaimed socialist who cultivated an elite system. The West Wing of the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures [sic] is well rid.

I am very surprised at this, how can a university treat its great scholars like this? I believe Terry Eagleton would honour any place he works in, let alone the high prestigious and academic rank and value that he has. I do not know anything about this stroy, and I do not know Eagleton in person, but I do know him from his books and thoughts and he dereves all the respects and reverence that one can offer. Eagleton is the best living academcian in the field of literature and criticism in Britain today, and Manchester University defintely has lost a lot by what it did to him.