A lecturer of the University of Cambridge has been promoted to a professor after she received abusive messages and death threats for tweeting “White Lives Don’t Matter”. Dr Priyamvada Gopal, 51, who teaches in the Faculty of English at Churchill College, took to the social media platform on Tuesday evening, June 23, to write: “I’ll say it again. White Lives Don’t Matter. As white lives.” The message was met with outrage. People called her out, hurled racist abuse at her, …
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Cambridge University has become the first university in the world to axe all face-to-face lectures until summer 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The university in a statement said lectures would continue virtually until summer 2021, while “it may be possible to host smaller teaching groups in person” if they meet social distancing requirements, the university said. A statement from it read: “The university is constantly adapting to changing advice as it emerges during this pandemic. …