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The government blinked and pulled their backroom merger plans off the table. Abertay stays independent because we refused to let them gut our university from the shadows. Keep your eyes open because we will be watching them every single step of the way.

November 4, 2011

Save Abertay University

Save Abertay University

🏆 Won — 690 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 11 months ago
It has became clear that Abertay is top of the Governments University ‘Hit-List’. At First Minister’s Questions we did not receive assurances for the pupils the pupils and staff of Abertay about the University's future. The speculation initially came from a letter the University received from the government’s Scottish Funding Council asking it to delay on appointing a new Principal and to give an “evaluation and analysis” of its role. Letters since by the SFC (Scottish Funding Council) have been sent to Dundee University asking them to consider and explore merging with Abertay. If the Government cannot give us the assurances we want then the Abertay and Dundee community must demand them.

Updates

Reached 500 supporters

September 25, 2011

September 25, 2011

One hundred people have joined us in demanding the Scottish Funding Council stop this pathetic attempt at a hostile merger. The government thinks they can quietly dismantle Abertay without us noticing but they are dead wrong.

Reached 100 supporters

September 22, 2011

6 Comments

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Ross Mitchell
14 years ago Featured

Total madness. Abertay puts out some of the best grads in gaming and tech. Why destroy that?

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Laura Gomez
14 years ago Featured

hands off our university.

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Calum Delgado
14 years ago Featured

scottish gov needs to stay out of it. abertay has its own identity and needs to stay independent.

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Jamie Afolabi
14 years ago Featured

Abertay is a great uni for dundee. really dont see why they are messing with it. leave it alone.

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Sarah Tran
14 years ago Featured

MY SON IS STUDYING THERE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. DO NOT MERGE OUR UNI.

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Fiona Dixon
14 years ago Featured

Stop trying to break things that arent broken. Abertay is vital for the city.