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compensation will be distributed this year as they have yet to learn the full impact of the strikes.

e following topic discussed in the town hall was inclusion on campus. e Directorate highlighted the diversity of LSE’s campus and the School’s investment in scholarships to recruit diverse candidates. However, they notably used the term ‘BAME’ (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) to describe LSE’s diversity, despite Sha k herself acknowledging the term is problematic.

When asked about awarding gaps between Black and White students, Sha k did not clarify what the School is doing to address these gaps. She only stated that the gap is closing, but it still varies between departments. McCoy added she is keen to work with other groups and students, to further address this issue, including supporting students from minority ethnic and disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds.

Subsequent student town halls are expected to continue in-person, on a termly basis.

and the footage would be analysed with face recognition technology. I did see a guy holding his camera at us from 2 metres away – which is unnatural. I didn’t think too much at that point, but now I’m worried they are going to hold my parents responsible for my showing up.”

Chinese students expressed the same fears at a candlelit vigil at LSE on 2 December. ose present were encouraged by organisers to wear black ‘as a sign of mourning’ for victims, and face-masks ‘to protect [their] identities’. In front of the CBG, mourners laid owers and scrawled slogans onto a board. One student told e Beaver “I am attend[ing] to appeal to the government to pay attention to citizens’ real needs and su ering.” e preceding week, posters and sheets of A4 paper had appeared on campus walls; one student used the microphone at a UCU picket to tell the audience about the ‘revolution’. e vigil was organised via private Telegram groups and word-of-mouth. Students told e Beaver that they avoided posting publicly to social media for fear of repercussions.

A er a speech from Professor Harriet Evans, the oor was opened to mourners. One student described a lack of academic freedom: they’d felt compelled to ask professors whether their chosen topic was ‘politically safe’ during their studies in Hong Kong. Another student told the audience about a schoolmate who had been imprisoned for sharing a video of protests in Hong Kong. roughout, mourners would break down in tears.