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Jun 25, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Poppy Wood |Patrick Dolan |Tommy Castellani
Pro-Palestine protest camps have appeared on several campuses including Cambridge, where its vice-president has refused to remove it in commitment to free speech Credit: ZUMA PRESS INC/ALAMY LIVE NEWS Pro-Palestine groups are plotting to disrupt this week’s graduation ceremonies at the University of Cambridge, The Telegraph understands. Palestine Action, a pro-Palestine protest movement, is understood to be targeting a series of events for undergraduates and masters degree holders at the...
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Jun 15, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Tommy Castellani
Professor Polly Blakesley, an author and art historian, has been appointed as the next master of Pembroke College, following an eight-month replacement search.
Prof Blakesley will replace Lord Chris Smith, who has held the role since 2015. Prior this, Lord Smith was a Labour MP and the first openly gay politician in the UK.
Blakesley will take over from Lord Smith of Finsbury on October 1st 2025, and is expected to serve for “at least five years” with a maximum tenure of ten years.
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
msn.com | Poppy Wood |Sam Hudson |Tommy Castellani
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Jun 8, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Poppy Wood |Tommy Castellani |Sam Hudson
Students at the University of Cambridge have been told to stop flirting with staff under a new policy that will ban sexual relationships with professors. The university has published a new set of rules due to come into force on July 1, which includes a warning against behaviour “that could be interpreted as flirtatious” towards members of staff.
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May 17, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Patrick Dolan |Tommy Castellani
Cambridge for Palestine (C4P) has dismantled its Senate House encampment following the University’s agreement to provide amnesty to representatives who wish to engage in conversation with the pro-vice-chancellors for a negotiation meeting.
A spokesperson for C4P told Varsity that the aim of the Senate House encampment was for the university to “take the protest seriously and set up a negotiation meeting”.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Tommy Castellani
Emmanuel College has cut ties with “race-realist” fellow Nathan Cofnas, whose blog posts sparked outrage last term.
Cofnas received a letter on the 5th of April notifying him of Emmanuel College’s decision to terminate his research affiliation with the College.
Emmanuel’s master, Doug Chalmers, initially told students that he “acknowledged” Cofnas' right to freedom of speech, but has since hosted a town hall to discuss the matter alongside Homerton Principal Lord Simon Woolley.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Tommy Castellani
Key measures in the Freedom of Speech Act regulating higher education institutions will come into force on the first of August, and have been met with mixed reception by Oxbridge academics.
The Office for Students has published a timeline for the implementation of measures to strengthen the legal requirements on universities to protect freedom of speech.
The act received Royal Assent in May 2023, although the majority of its provisions are not yet in force.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Tommy Castellani
An open letter calling for the reversal of the decision to axe the St John’s Voices choir has been signed by former Archbishop of Canterbury and ex-Magdalene College master Rowan Williams.
The open letter condemns St John’s decision to stop funding the mixed-gender choir as “fundamentally regressive”.
As well as the former Archbishop of Canterbury, the letter counts broadcaster Gareth Malone, actor Alexander Armstrong, and Pembroke director of music Anna Lapwood among its signatories.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Tommy Castellani |Sam Hudson
Pro-vice-chancellor for education Professor Bhaskar Vira has said “there have been failures” in the process of appointing “race-realist” fellow Nathan Cofnas as a supervisor and examiner.
Cofnas was appointed to examine the Philosophy part 1A paper sat by freshers this year, even after students raised concerns about his controversial views about race.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
varsity.co.uk | Tommy Castellani
Fines issued to students for breaches of colleges rules amounted to more than £8,500 last year, Varsity can reveal.
There are significant disparities among colleges related to policies for fining students.
Some colleges say they try to avoid financial penalties “whenever possible”, while others fine students for missing supervisions, smoking in bedrooms and leaving mess in kitchens.
Fines issued by three Colleges made up roughly two thirds of student fines last year.
