Charlie Rowan

Cambridge, London

News Correspondent at Varsity

Senior News Editor @VarsityUK. Bylines in: @TheTimes @Guardian @PA @FourFourTwo @RTE @Copa90 + many more. History @Cambridge_Uni.

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John’s evicts pro-Palestine encampment with police support

4 days ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

The pro-Palestine encampment on the lawn of St John’s College was evicted last night (03/06) with the assistance of police, after the College secured an interim legal injunction. This marks the second eviction of the encampment in two days. On Monday (02/06), Trinity College issued a High Court injunction to remove around ten individuals in tents, citing the need for students to “study and take exams without disturbance” and for staff to carry out their work.
British Ambassador to France elected Queen’s President

5 days ago | varsity.co.uk | Kezia Douglass |Charlie Rowan

The British Ambassador to France, Dame Menna Rawlings, has been elected as the next President of Queen’s College.
Reforms to Architecture degree proposed

6 days ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

The Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge has announced proposals to restructure its undergraduate and postgraduate architecture programmes, in response to accreditation reforms introduced by the Architects Registration Board (ARB) in 2023.
Students display art exhibition on drugs

1 week ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

A group of students at Homerton College have launched an art exhibition in the Students’ Union (SU) in collaboration with students from Mexico, in order to highlight “critical and creative takes on the topic of drugs”. The exhibition – titled “Drugscapes: Are we all users?” – is being launched today (30/05) by “Rethinking Drugs (ReD),” a network of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the UK and Mexico who have an interest in drugs and drug policy.
Final Chancellorship candidates confirmed

1 week ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan |Haley Zimmerman

Ten candidates have been confirmed for the election of the next Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Among them are broadcaster, comedian, and former Bake Off host Sandi Toksvig, and businesswoman and campaigner Gina Miller, the only two women in the race. The Chancellor is the Head of the University but does not exercise executive authority.
Clare Hall spent over £21,000 on lawyers to warn against ‘intrusive’ Cambridge busway plans

2 weeks ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

Clare Hall College spent at least £21,586.80 (VAT inclusive) on legal consultations opposing the proposed Cambourne to Cambridge (C2C) busway, according to Freedom of Information requests. As of March 2023, the postgraduate-only College had consulted law firm Dentons and transport consultancy Pulsar, with both firms submitting formal objections to Cambridgeshire County Council against the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) scheme.
Students clash with right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at Union

2 weeks ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan |Kezia Douglass

American political activist Charlie Kirk clashed with student speakers at the Cambridge Union on Monday (19/05), controversially claiming “lockdowns were unnecessary,” “life begins at conception,” and the Civil Rights Act was a “mistake”. Kirk rose to prominence as the founder of Turning Point USA, a right-wing student organisation aligned with Donald Trump. He regularly travels across the United States, debating students on campus and sharing clips with his 5.9 million Instagram followers.
Graduating Cambridge student interrupts ceremony with pro-Palestine speech

1 month ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan |Wilf Vall

A Cambridge student graduating on Saturday (03/05) interrupted the ceremony to protest the University’s “complicity” in “genocide in Gaza,” breaking the four-month High Court injunction against protests in Senate House. The student, wearing full sub fusc academic dress, proceeded to the centre of the Senate House room and held up a Palestinian flag, before making a speech. She stated: “Cambridge University is complicit in genocide in Gaza.
Uni’s gender pay gap widens to 13%

1 month ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

Female academics at the University of Cambridge are now paid 13.2% less on average than their male counterparts, with the gender pay gap returning to its highest level in 2024 since 2019. According to the University’s annual Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) report, the median gender pay gap among central University academics went up by almost 3% in 2024 from 10.4% in 2023.
Cantabs launch local election campaigns

1 month ago | varsity.co.uk | Charlie Rowan

Campaigning has begun for next month’s local elections, in which two students and five staff members at the University of Cambridge are standing. The two students running in the Cambridgeshire County Council election on May 1 are both members of the Green Party. Among the staff members, three are Labour members and two are Greens. The County Council elections take place every four years, unlike the City Council elections, which occur three out of every four years.