The Shared Planet Cafe is something the university should be proud of, not closing down. (Like the English department...)
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June Davison
11 years ago
This is unacceptable
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Dave smith
11 years ago
This cafe must stay!!
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Louise Hazan
11 years ago
The Cafe is an invaluable part of the student experience at Aberdeen. It would be shameful to shut it down.
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Xander Brouwer
11 years ago
Management need to get their head out of their asses and stop being absolute bastards. They claim to wish to improve the student experience but constantly take actions that clearly do not improve the experience, but instead rapidly make it worse for students to be a student at the University.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Let the university know that this will not affect any of the sales of other catering facilities - at least not from my side. I eat at Shared Planet Café because they work with ethical ingredients and offer a cheap price that goes to charity. Thank you very much for your amazing work that also helped me in my skint first year when I didn't have a penny to spare! I've never gone and never will eat other expensive places on campus!
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Filip Podwinski
11 years ago
This is just unbelievable how the most pro-social place on campus can be regarded as competition to anyone.
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Debra Storr
11 years ago
As a graduate of the university, this is foolish and unethical.
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Oluva Dam
11 years ago
The University of Aberdeen is making a big mistake on this one. Prioritizing commercially run catering services kills the spirit of the University, which is not a good thing if the University wants to attract future students. Shared Planet does not compete with commercially run catering services. It is rather an alternative, where students can gather in a nice environment, have a good healthy meal and not go bankrupt. Is the University of Aberdeen forgetting its students?
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Grant Campbell
11 years ago
No hesitation signing this petition. Shared Planet Cafe was one of the many things around the University that provided opportunities for students to just unwind and relax with friends and meet people from different walks of life. As a former UoA student, i find this news extremely upsetting!!!
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George Chubb
11 years ago
The university finally gets a Starbucks, despite years of student opposition, and then kicks out the people who up until now were providing affordable, good food to students.
This is also a direct attack on the social space used by many activists throughout the university, and a base for organising against the university management.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Inexcusable!
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Sheila MacFarlane
11 years ago
Talk to the Students before you think of closing this.They are your clients and without them...where would you be ?
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Shona stewart
11 years ago
Please don't close this the university should be leading the way don't taking this backward step
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Stefan Knust
11 years ago
If this is true that is a damned shame. The volunteers and organisers of shared planet have worked hard over the years to create a community space which became a cultural hub at the university.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the issue may be about "selling" food. May I suggest sending some people to a food hygiene course to get their food prep certificate if that turns out to be the case.
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Craig Blyth-Moore
11 years ago
Proof once more that the University of Aberdeen cares about profit than the students who make up the University. Disgusting.
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Robbie Blake
11 years ago
The cafe is an amazing space and resource for the community and students
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Rebecca Dunn
11 years ago
What are you doing thinking about closing a place like this? We won't stand for it.
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Lisa Kaczmarek
11 years ago
Without Shared Planet the University of Aberdeen will no longer be the same!
The Shared Planet Cafe is something the university should be proud of, not closing down. (Like the English department...)
This is unacceptable
This cafe must stay!!
The Cafe is an invaluable part of the student experience at Aberdeen. It would be shameful to shut it down.
Management need to get their head out of their asses and stop being absolute bastards. They claim to wish to improve the student experience but constantly take actions that clearly do not improve the experience, but instead rapidly make it worse for students to be a student at the University.
Let the university know that this will not affect any of the sales of other catering facilities - at least not from my side. I eat at Shared Planet Café because they work with ethical ingredients and offer a cheap price that goes to charity. Thank you very much for your amazing work that also helped me in my skint first year when I didn't have a penny to spare! I've never gone and never will eat other expensive places on campus!
This is just unbelievable how the most pro-social place on campus can be regarded as competition to anyone.
As a graduate of the university, this is foolish and unethical.
The University of Aberdeen is making a big mistake on this one. Prioritizing commercially run catering services kills the spirit of the University, which is not a good thing if the University wants to attract future students. Shared Planet does not compete with commercially run catering services. It is rather an alternative, where students can gather in a nice environment, have a good healthy meal and not go bankrupt. Is the University of Aberdeen forgetting its students?
No hesitation signing this petition. Shared Planet Cafe was one of the many things around the University that provided opportunities for students to just unwind and relax with friends and meet people from different walks of life. As a former UoA student, i find this news extremely upsetting!!!
The university finally gets a Starbucks, despite years of student opposition, and then kicks out the people who up until now were providing affordable, good food to students. This is also a direct attack on the social space used by many activists throughout the university, and a base for organising against the university management.
Inexcusable!
Talk to the Students before you think of closing this.They are your clients and without them...where would you be ?
Please don't close this the university should be leading the way don't taking this backward step
If this is true that is a damned shame. The volunteers and organisers of shared planet have worked hard over the years to create a community space which became a cultural hub at the university. I have a sneaking suspicion that the issue may be about "selling" food. May I suggest sending some people to a food hygiene course to get their food prep certificate if that turns out to be the case.
Proof once more that the University of Aberdeen cares about profit than the students who make up the University. Disgusting.
The cafe is an amazing space and resource for the community and students
What are you doing thinking about closing a place like this? We won't stand for it.
Without Shared Planet the University of Aberdeen will no longer be the same!
My favourite place on campus. Bring it back!