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Category Archives: Academics
Simon Goldhill at the Crossroads?
Simon Goldhill, the Director of The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) who invited David Willetts to speak in Cambridge in November 2011, has been quoted in the Chicago Tribune as saying of Sophocles: ‘I … Continue reading
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An academic’s letter to Professor Goldhill on the Willetts Protest
Dear Prof. Goldhill, I recently read your response to the occupation of Lady Mitchell Hall by the Cambridge Defend Education group, posted on the CRASSH website. In it, you mention that many people have since emailed you expressing their sense … Continue reading
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Academics’ Statement of Support
We, the undersigned, scholars and teachers in the University of Cambridge, support the students who are occupying Lady Mitchell Hall. Our senior administrators have failed to resist the current assault upon British universities. Many of our students, however, have bravely … Continue reading
Statement from Jeremy Prynne on the disruption of Willetts’s talk
One aspect of this rather challenging business. the current occupation of Lady Mitchell Hall, which will involve sternest public disapproval of students for denying the right to speak to an invited visitor who happened also to be a Minister of … Continue reading
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‘No Acquiescent Silence’: Jeremy Prynne on the Case For the No-Confidence Grace
There have been some cautionary notes sounded, about promoting another University Grace at this time, in the form of a proposal asking for the support of the Regent House in lodging a protest from Cambridge against the Coalition’s confused and … Continue reading
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URGENT: Grace on Government’s HE Policy
Grace concerning Government HE policy UPDATE: At least 140 Regents have now signed the Grace, and we have been told (Wednesday morning, 1 June 2011) that further signatures are still being received at the Old Schools. If you haven’t already … Continue reading
Tuesday’s UCU Strike
Tuesday’s strike was well-supported by UCU members and students; three picket lines were mounted around the Old Schools administrative site in central Cambridge and, at the high point around 11am, there were 40 staff and students handing out publicity material … Continue reading
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Support lecturers striking this week!
UCU (the universities and colleges union) members will be going on strike nationwide this week, on Tuesday 22nd and Thursday 24th of March, only days before the TUC demonstration on March 26. The strike is over cuts to staff pension … Continue reading
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Vote NON PLACET
In the wake of the Vice-Chancellor’s dismissal of two amendments to the Council’s Grace on Tuition Fees, the case for voting NON PLACET in the current ballot is stronger than ever. A ‘no’ vote will require the University administration to re-engage the Regent House on a matter of the highest importance, according to our time-honoured structures of self-governance. This is not fiscally irresponsible, nor will it… Continue reading
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