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         <description><![CDATA[The SU is collecting signatures for an open letter urging the government to reverse the visa brake]]></description>
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         <title>Faculty of Divinity silent on Orr concerns</title>
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         <dc:creator>Alessia Fietta, Neve Wilson</dc:creator>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Board of Scrutiny has claimed that the University&rsquo;s Teaching Review, launched in December 2023, failed to address AI concerns]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lord McDonald asked whether it was appropriate for the Secretary of State to override a council planning permission decision]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[Clare Hall and Jesus are the only Colleges which appear to have met targets set in 2023, although progress has been made since last year&nbsp;]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[A light-hearted recap of this week's news, including a new brand in the city and an eco-friendly Halloween initiative]]></description>
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         <dc:creator>Maebh Carey</dc:creator>
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         <dc:creator>Alessia Fietta, Neve Wilson</dc:creator>
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         <description><![CDATA[The review's panel comes after the University lost an employment tribunal case brought by astrophysics professor Wyn Evans]]></description>
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         <dc:creator>Olivia Goodman</dc:creator>
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         <description><![CDATA[Gonville and Caius College Cambrige has altered toilet signage, it claims, to adhere to EHRC code of practice&nbsp;]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has frozen the plans less than a week after Cambridge City Council approved them&nbsp;]]></description>
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         <title>Scammers target freshers by pushing fake flyers under student room doors&amp;nbsp;</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[One Homerton student described finding a scam &lsquo;Fresher Week Form&rsquo; flyer under their bedroom door as &lsquo;unnerving&rsquo;&nbsp;]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[On top of funding from the Free Speech Union (FSU), the society has accepted donations from other &lsquo;supporters of free speech&rsquo;]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[A light-hearted roundup of this week&rsquo;s stories, including horses mowing a meadow, and what a tortoise can teach us about ageing]]></description>
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