The Independen t
The Independent Student Newspaper
Student News
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Issue 797
Friday 6th Nove mber
2015
Published in Cambri
dge since 1947
www.varsity.co
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12 Introducing:
Kieran Daly
13 Comment:
Why Divestm ent Matters
21 Features: Secret
Eats
24 Fashion: women ’s tailoring ALEX SHUTTLEWORTH
‘Grossly incompetent’
Senior uni figures launch attack of NW Cambr on management idge ‘haemorrhaging development which is millions of pound s a month’ Tom Wilson
accounting system. Managerial diffi Senior News culties during Editor the tensions between CAPSA project saw The managem departments rise management and ent of the North Cambridge developm and costs West ent has been almost double the budget. to spiral to strongly criticised It was felt that past and present by academics and CAPSA, the lessons versity’s Board members of the uni- Finkelstei described in the from 2001 n Report as ing at the Senateof Scrutiny in a meet- “well “simple” and House on Tuesday. within the capacity The meeting, of the univerchaired by Pro-Vice sity to learn and act Chancellor Graham on”, had been ther acted upon neinor taken on board ed by the Registry, Virgo and attendOne Senior . Girton and Deputy Proctors and district and councillor claimed members parish the Board of Scrutiny, of staff from sity] that “[the univerhave learned and associated Syndicates and management from little about project Departments, versity members saw unithat debacle.” Summarising the problems outlined agement of the attacking the man- in the original report, £1 billion North Cambridge Developm West Chancello Senior r Professor DuncanPro-Vice Last month Varsity ent. Maskell reported that the said that the problems project had been were “[the] symptoms, not the disease”. ordered by the criticised in an audit “It looks as though Committee. Th university ’s Finance Cambridg the e e project was North West tematic failures” audit slammed “sys- and not planned in set up properly, Heated exchangesthe development. led by an tive that was at the meeting not full-time execucluded questions and was of responsibility, in- without sufficient prospect of spiralling the which accountability, larities with previous costs and simi- and did not manage risks properly, whose reporting project failures. Among these misinform a syndicatewas so poor as to were repeated ences to the refer- unsure which was itself £9.19m from 2001, which CAPSA project which about its role and a majority of had no experienc saw the sity attempt e whatsoev to establish an univer- of large building projects,” he said. er online Continued on
Hunt hits back at elitism claim s
page 4
Explosive: Cambrid ge
students celebrate
Bonfire Night
with fireworks have covered the on Midsummer story. Common Jack Higgins Hunt responded been widely criticised in The Spectator, movement”. Deputy News in the national saying that his “clear” Responding to media. Editor your responsib message to Cambridge students an article by ility” was Owen must The criticism was that “Labour Jones which levelled criticism has a mountain be your responsib changed to “it Labour MP Tristram him, Hunt has against to climb Hunt’s comment largely focused on recover ility”. Wilson argues fended the comment Hunt has de- top that “you are from our defeat if we are to which argues endorsed a blog post that in doing “you change he was misrepres this Cambridge Universitis he made to the yourone per cent [...] It is your job the as the next generation in May, and saying a statement of ented, that “some ppl and responsibility of es Labour Club (CULC), which [sic] actually acknowledgement that society fact, an to take leader- tivists they are absolutely Labour ac- took the time ship were going [...] is elitist to understand to one of endorsem initially reportcentral forward.” The our efforts to ed in Varsity last my point”. language Times, renew.” He added to The blog post, written ent. [...] Clumsy The Guardian week and have , The Daily Mail, ITV, activists “from that that the author by Tom since Independe across the country” The and “all of Varsity’s originalWilson, context? Yes. is easy to take out of nt, Sky News Elitism? walks calls and The Sun article, No.” Wilson added “strong, credibleof life” could build a elitistcriticism which labelled Hunt that the claims and forward-lo an uted to Hunt, oking way “bollocks” and highlights including that attribin which his the he wanted the comment of “it top is Labour, are one per cent to take over all “utterly fictional”.
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