A university has removed the term Anglo-Saxon from module titles in an effort to “decolonise the curriculum”. The University of Nottingham, a Russell Group member, offers its students leading courses in Anglo-Saxon history and literature, and it is also the only university in the country to have a Viking Studies course. Professors have now decided to remove the term from a variety of the University’s courses, including History and English Literature, and replace it with “Early Medieval English” – a phrase seen as favourable by some academics. Many have come to view Anglo-Saxon as a term associ…