Oxford dons refusing to tutor students in Cecil Rhodes statue row benefit from imperialist funding
Several professors have refused to teach undergraduate students after the college refused to take down the controversial statue of the colonialist.
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Several professors have refused to teach undergraduate students after the college refused to take down the controversial statue of the colonialist.
More than 100 academics at the university are refusing requests from Oriel College to give tutorials to its undergraduates.
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.
Oriel College said it had no plans to “begin the legal process for relocation” of the monument
Academics refuse to tutor students of Oriel College, which chose to keep the controversial statue.