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Congregation Meeting, 7 June 2011
A Congregation meeting was held on Tuesday 7 June in the Sheldonian
Theatre. The resolution put to Congregation was:
'Congregation instructs Council to communicate to Government that the
University of Oxford has no confidence in the policies of the Minister
for Higher Education.' At the close of the debate, the resolution was approved on a division [for: 283; against: 5]
Speakers in the debate (in order)
- Professor Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History, History Faculty
- Dr Karma Nabulsi, University Lecturer in International Relations, and Fellow in Politics, St Edmund Hall
- Professor Howard Hotson, Professor of Early Modern Intellectual History, Tutor and Fellow in History, St Anne's College
- Dr Colin Thompson, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, and Fellow of St Catherine’s College
- Professor Susan Cooper, Department of Physics and Fellow of St Catherine's College
- Dr Rowan Tomlinson, Fellow and Tutor in French, New College
- Professor Donald Fraser, Worcester College
- Dr Paul Coones, Hertford College
- Dr Charlie Louth, University Lecturer (CUF) in German, Fellow of Queen's College
- Dr Laura Kirkley, Lecturer in French, The Queen's College
- Dr John Parrington, University Lecturer in Pharmacology and Fellow of Worcester College
- Dr Alexandra da Costa, Fellow in English, St Hilda's College
- Dr Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Junior Research Fellow in Political History, St Edmund Hall
- Professor Margaret MacMillan, Warden of St Antony's College
- Mr David Barclay, President of Oxford University Student Union
- Professor David Norbrook, Faculty of English and Fellow of Merton College
- Mr Bernard Sufrin, Emeritus Fellow and Tutor in Computation, Worcester College
- Dr Jake Wadham, College Lecturer in French, St Edmund Hall
- Dr Stuart White, University Lecturer, Fellow and Tutor in Politics, Jesus College
- Dr Conrad Leyser, Fellow and Tutor in History, Worcester College
- Dr Sharon Achinstein, Reader in Renaissance English Literature, Fellow and Tutor, St Edmund Hall
- Professor Patrick McGuinness, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, St Anne's College
- Professor Antony Galione, Professor and Head of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology
- Dr Kate Tunstall, University Lecturer in French, Fellow of Worcester College
- Professor Robert Gildea, Professor of Modern History, History Faculty (closing remarks)
Transcript
A transcript of the debate is available in the 16 June issue of the Gazette.