In the midst of all the crying in the wilderness for faculty and departmental reform, news of the proposed new syllabus in English comes as an encouraging relief. All four stages have been overhauled and the changes come into effect next year.

The Stage I. course will now be much more suitable for students taking English for only one year, and instead of concentrating on one particular period will include a general survey of English literature and place emphasis on style and the encouraging of intelligent criticism. Students proceeding to the advanced stages will be allowed to specialise in the set periods.