The Independen t
The Independent Student Newspaper
Student News
paper
Issue 795
Friday 23rd Octo ber
2015
Published in Cambri
dge since 1947
www.varsity.co
.uk
13 Comment:
White feminism
19 Culture: Oxbrid ge poetry
22 Features: Life
after Cambridge
24: Fashion: Vivienn e Westwood
MATT POWER / REX SHUTTERSTOCK
£1bn build in disarray
University take damning audi s action after t £75m overspen blasts projected Cambridge deved on North West lopment Tom Wilson
However an Senior News Editor set up by the audit committee was Committee in university ’s Finance July to investigat The managem project ent Cambridge’s Northof the University of pressed after the Vice Chancello e the r “exhis concern about development project West Cambridge ance the governand managem has been strongly criticised for said had “enabled” ent structures” he tematic” failures comprehensive, “sys- without costs to escalate that have lead coming to its attention jections of overspend to proon its first phase of senior officers and bodies, or that totaling up to aim of reporting with £76.2 back with a seriesthe The North West million. recomme of ndations to was first conceivedCambridge project back on track with bring the project and aims to “providein the late 1980s The Audit Group initial projections. the facilities and accommodation sought to establish an account of the that will allow versity to maintain “substanti the uni- costs overrun for Phase al” forecast the world’s leading its position as one of current universities”, budget setting 1, analysis of as provide for and cost the local communias well toring processes Tickled pink: , and recomme moniIt is the largest ty. Corpus Christi of remedial actions nd a set College’s Chronop approved by the capital project ever cost to hage was illuminat university, with escalation and prevent further all budget estimates overany ed on Wednesd of the completed changes required to the other urgent ay night project expected management or implemen to be in tation the region of £1 billion, jointly The damning of the plans. versity and outsidefunded by the uni- Wednesda report, released Louis Ashwor on sources. y, reviewed th The plans in Cornwall were previous creases News Corres of the site to include development phase in projected costs for the inmarks which wereamong the UK land- common pondent be home to 3,000 first of lit up pink cancer — responsib homes, split between new underlyin the project, with the initial awareness for breast cancer in to raise around 1,000 deaths le for university g Th construct e Corpus ers and residents, work- mated ion cost estiof ‘Wear It Pink’ advance eight Clock on King’s a 2,000 collegiate at day, which is women in the month. One in commodation ac- rising to £224 million in January 2013 was lit up pink on Wednesda Parade place today. taking will units and 100,000m £315 million in y evening, face a diagnosis United Kingdom marking the 13th squared of academic July ‘Wear , and the UK 2014 these anniversa and ‘Wear one of the lowest subsequen ry of the charity It Pink’, organised has and research space to be divided survival rates among by the raising that totalt overrun projections Cancer It Pink’ campaign for Breast Breast Cancer between the vate sector and to £378 million Awareness Now, is the European nations. leading fundraisin university faculties.pri- July 2015. in Dr John C. Taylor, The clock, whichMonth. g campaign The site also Breast Cancer the clock’s designdepicts a giant The most recent includes a primary Awareness Month. for er who studied engineerin cust school, shop Th creases have now projected cost in- joined(the ‘Chronophage’) eating lo- campaign has raised units, time, since over £27 millione in the 1950s, stated: “We g at Corpus nity centre, hotels nursery, commu- parameter 18 of the country’s breached “financial its are inception delighted to and facilities be supporting in 2002. senior living. for ticularly s set by the university ”, par- chitectural landmarks in finest arthis fantastic event The charity supports support of its borrowing Breast Cancer in 450 research- aid of Breast Cancer Now.” limit. ers across the Awarenes “Breast cancer UK and Ireland, The HMS Belfast, s Month. Continued on is a devastatin and ease... page 4 Birmingh Selfridges in hopes that by 2050 everyone g am and St Michael’s velops breast cancer who de- keen The people of Cambridg dise are to help raise as Mount will survive. Breast cancer much awareness and money is the UK’s as possible in most day put order to one a stop to it”.
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