Richard Taylor

Tag: Cambridge University

  • 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 […]

  • Richard Taylor – A Vision for Cambridge in 2020

    My Vision of Cambridge in 2020 For anyone considering what Cambridge will look like in a decade’s time the city’s fringes, currently designated as development sites, have to be prime consideration. We’ve seen development in the North at Arbury Park building on other sites round the city is getting ever closer; though the fate of […]

  • Cambridge City Council Harassing Students for Council Tax

    Given the importance of research students to the City of Cambridge it is astonishing that the City Council has recently increased the level of harassment to which they subject those working towards a PhD. The council is sending council tax bills to research students. This has been a problem for many years, but in the […]

  • Proposed Job Cuts at the Cambridge University Press

    The Cambridge University Press (CUP) are planning to cut 160 jobs in the city, probably as the first stage of plans to close the printing business of the CUP within three years. There was discussion of CUP’s plans at Cambridge City Council’s Full Council meeting on February 26th 2009, a full record of what was […]

  • Cambridge University Council – External Members

    Cambridge University advertised in the appointments section of last weekend’s Sunday Times for four new external members of the Cambridge University Council. A fuller advertisement appeared in the Cambridge University Reporter. I thought I would be able to do the job well and I believe it is a worthwhile role with an opportunity to make […]

  • North West Cambridge Development

    Plans for a proposed development which will comprise 2500 homes, a similar number of student residences as well as University buildings between Huntington Road, opposite Girton College though to Madingley Road, joining up with the observatory site on Madingley rise took a step forward today. A draft Northwest Cambridge Area Action Plan (AAP) draft, and […]

  • 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 […]

  • Suggestions to the BBSRC

    Dear Prof. Mary Bownes, As someone who received a BBSRC funded CASE PhD studentship in 2001 but has not obtained a PhD I would like to offer some suggestions based on my experience. I feel that the BBSRC could have got better value for money for the money spent in relation to my studentship. I […]