Speaking: Protest meeting speech: Royal Commonwealth Society, 10 July 2008

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Series[UMA-SRE-20170009] SPEAKINGAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2017000900691Scope and ContentContains: Invitation, correspondence and schedule on Greer participation in a Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS) event: Students, Scholarships and the Commonwealth: Breaking Ties, Wasting Talent, organised as part of the protest campaign against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) decision to cease funding of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan for developed Commonwealth countries. Greer spoke, 10/7/2008, with other speakers Sir George Bain and Alastair Niven; she also agreed to be one of the high profile signatories to a protest letter published in The Times, 14/7/2008. Includes briefing papers and information on the decision and campaign. Correspondents: Germaine Greer; Carol Horne (for Germaine Greer); Joanna Stephenson, Information and Publications Officer, RCS; Leah Middleton, Aitken Alexander Associates; John Oxenham, Joint Executive Chair, Council for Education in the Commonwealth; Peter RC Williams, Education Committee UK UNESCO; Valerie Davey, Executive Chair, CEC (Council for Education in the Commonwealth). Subjects: Lectures and lecturing; Education--Government policy; Education, HigherAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2017.0009 Unit 0020

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date18 June 2008-31 July 2008

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Speaking: Protest meeting speech: Royal Commonwealth Society, 10 July 2008