CN: anti-black violence, death, police violence As your Students’ Union we stand firmly and completely against racism. We also know that our Universities are not free from racism, and that it is not a uniquely American phenomenon. In the UK, …
The University has confirmed that all lectures in the academic year 2020/21 will be delivered online, as a result of the likely need for continued social distancing. You can read the full University statement here: www.cam.ac.uk/coronavirus/news We know that many …
Like all other events organisers across the country, CUSU’s event team have been faced with the uncertainty of planning a large scale event in light of Covid-19. We place the health and wellbeing of our student membership as our number …
Jess O’Brien has resigned from their post as Disabled Students’ Officer, effective 27th March 2020. We thank Jess for all of their work this year. Thank you to everyone I have had the pleasure of working with, both students and …
CUSU stands in full solidarity with the students occupying Old Schools, and we support their demands. We call on the University to ensure that there are no penalties of any kind for the students involved in the occupation, and in …
Background: Cambridge University is structured around undergraduate students and eight-week terms, and has failed to adapt to steady increases in numbers of postgraduate students. In terms of union representation: the GU was established in 1955, before four postgraduate colleges were …
The OfS (Office for Students) has imposed a specific ongoing condition of registration on the University of Cambridge. The condition is that the university conduct a robust evaluation of the impact of financial support with regards to its “Access and …
On Wednesday it was reported by student press that the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) have hired a lecturer, Dr. Aron Wall, who has previously expressed homophobic and transphobic views. Dr. Wall’s personal blog contains comments about …
In CUSU, we have been disappointed but not always surprised to see the recent reports of racist, sexist, classist, ableist, transphobic and homophobic behaviour by various Cambridge “Drinking Societies”. We join many other students in condemning this behaviour and …