Motion
- Motion title
- Call to sever links with Russian Universities
- Session
- 2021-2022
- Meeting link
- HE Conference
- Meeting date
- 2 June 2022
- Status
- Remitted (not taken)
- Motion
- HE15
- Motion text
Conference:
1. Calls on academics worldwide to take a stand against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Agrees that:
UCU should join international calls for all UK universities to:
a. Immediately sever any business links with Russian universities and UK universities
b. Consider rescinding honorary awards made to any person with links to Putin’s regime
Resolves to:
i. Issue statements in support of the Global Student Forum, the European Students’ Union, the Ukrainian Association of Students and Ukrainian and Russian academics who have condemned Putin’s actions.
- Proposing body
- University of Bournemouth
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2022/H/06-02/125/HE15