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Share via Shortlink From left: BSA chairwoman Margery Perlmutter, developer Alexandros Washburn, New York City Council member Carlos Menchaca and a rendering of the project (Photos via the City of New York, LinkedIn and Arquitectonica) Developers can’t go through Carlos Menchaca, but they can go around him. The Brooklyn City Council member last year killed a major rezoning in his district and tried to stop one in someone else’s. Now, a builder is steering a $200 million Red Hook project to an agency where Menchaca has no vote. The proposal for 145 Wolcott Street includes 210 apart...

Cambridge University to Implement Package of Mitigation Measures Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons In an email to students today, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education, Graham Virgo, has stated that the university will implement ‘a package of mitigation measures which will operate as a safety net’. These will be designed to ‘safeguard student achievements from the impacts of the pandemic’. Virgo told students that he is ‘consulting with faculties, departments, and student representatives about this package of measures and I will write to you again once this is finalised’, which will li...

SU open letter calling for safety net receives over 1000 signatures in less than 24 hours Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons An open letter, drawn up by the Cambridge Students’ Union, calling for the implementation of no detriment policies for this year’s exams, has gained over 1000 signatures in less than 24 hours. This follows the University’s decision, on 10th January, to confirm the Russell Group’s statement, on 7th, not to implement safety nets this year, as was done last year. The open letter demands that the University ‘rescind its support’ for the Russell Group’s decision,...

The Cambridge Student Union (SU) presidents, Ben Margolis and Aastha Dahal, have signed an open letter from Russell Group universities’ student unions which was published yesterday (11/01). The letter, addressed to the Russell Group Chief Executive and Vice Chancellors, demands that the universities revise their current policy towards assessment and grading, which does not include a safety net for graduating students. This letter was published following a statement from the Russell Group of universities that there would not be a no-detriment policy implemented, as there was in 2020, for stu...