Dr Kate Tunstall, a French literature expert and interim provost at the self-styled People s Republic of Worcester College , is the most prominent figure to join the boycott.
Oxford University is facing a civil war over its statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College as 150 academics launched a petition proposing a boycott of the college until the statue is removed.
UK Advertising Regulations Could Threaten Free Speech: Report
New research by a free-market think tank in the UK warns that restrictions on advertising are expanding and impacting free speech in advertising.
The wide-ranging restrictions by the regulators on advertising could result in pressure to apply the same on certain types of expression and imagery in the arts, entertainment, and politics, according to a report from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) released last week.
The report expresses concerns that regulators are attempting to reshape cultural and social attitudes to issues on gender, family, and ethnicity. Many of these regulations come from the UK’s independent organisation Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
#25x25Interview | Ram Addanki (British American Tobacco): A clear commitment to transforming tobacco
Mihai Cristea 04/06/2021 | 14:12
A new episode in the #25×25 Interview Series powered by
Schoenherr si Asociatii SCA, a special editorial project featuring 25 companies that have been in business in Romania for 25 years, sees us talking to Ram Addanki, Central Europe South Area Director at British American Tobacco, as we try to discover the secrets to the company’s remarkable success and longevity in the Romanian market.
Business Review: Starting with a bit of historical background, what can you tell us about your company’s
entry into Romania back in 1996 and about your industry as a whole back then?
Roger Mosey is the Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, and was formerly editorial director and the director of London 2012 at the BBC. The idea of having to buy a licence to watch television may seem like a relic. But the principle behind the funding of the BBC is simple: if we all pay for something then we have a stake in an organisation which is designed to serve the public. And in a time when our society is fracturing, and media moving from the universal to the personal, there is still a common good in preserving a space where the British people can talk to each other.