Richard Taylor

Tag: Students’ Unions

  • Cambridge Accommodation – Views Based on My Experiences

    Around a year ago I moved into my own house on Milton Road in Cambridge. I know that I am very lucky and fortunate to have somewhere secure (in all senses), healthy and practical to live and I’m aware very many in the city and beyond do not. When I moved to somewhere decent I […]

  • Universities Can Sue for Libel

    Recently, in relation to my volunteering to help administer mySociety’s freedom of information website WhatDoTheyKnow.com, I came across the February 2013 High Court judgement in which Judge David Eady ruled universities could sue for libel. In my view Mr Eady took it upon himself to substantially change the law via that judgement as previously the […]

  • David Willetts – Minister for Universities and Science – Speaking in Cambridge

    David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science. David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science, is speaking in Cambridge this evening, the 3rd of March 2011. The event, described as “an evening with” and a “debate” rather than simply a speech, has been organised by the Cambridge University Scientific Society […]

  • Huppert Gagged by Party on Tuition Fees?

    Cambridge MP Julian Huppert Earlier this evening I listened to Cambridge MP Julian Huppert speaking on the subject of : “The future of science in Parliament” at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. During his speech Mr Huppert stated that he had agreed with his chief whip not to talk about tuition fees in public. I tweeted […]

  • Regulation of Cambridge University College Accommodation

    Murray Edwards College Cambridge – Undergraduate Licence Agreement. The thirty-six colleges of Cambridge University have all, en-masse, decided to withdraw from the Universities UK (UUK) accommodation code of practice. By walking away from this code they have forfeited their exemption from having their accommodation licensed and regulated by Cambridge City Council. According to the UUK’s […]

  • The West Cambridge Sports Centre – A Key Issue for Student Voters in City Council Elections

    Artist’s impression of how the west Cambridge sports centre could look. On the 25th of March 2010 Cambridge City Council’s Community Services Scrutiny Committee discussed “Open Space and Recreation Projects” which could be funded by contributions made by developers in lieu of providing sufficient facilities when building in the city. During this discussion Labour opposition […]

  • Cambridge And Higher Education Cuts

    At three minutes to midnight on Thursday, Cambridge City Council got round to discussing the impact of proposed cuts to university funding on Cambridge. By the time the item, towards the end of their full council agenda, was reached many Liberal Democrat councillors had gone home and even the mayor, who was chairing the meeting […]

  • Suggestions for Improving Cambridge University

    The below was written, following an invitation, to the graduate representative on the University’s Council and General Board I’m going to limit myself to the most important items, which I think can be usefully dealt with at the level of the University’s Council and General Board and the other committees you are on. Introduce minimum […]

  • Cambridge’s Graduate Union

    I was asked by the Student Representative on Cambridge University’s University’s Council and General Board to comment on the status of Cambridge’s Graduate Union. My reply is below: John, Thank you for taking the contents of my previous email into consideration. I’ve given you my thoughts on the points you’ve raised: I have been trying […]