Bye Bye INTO

STUDENT AND STAFF DELIGHT AS COLLEGE WALK AWAY FROM INTO DEAL.

In a statement made to the Academic Board at the end of last term Goldsmiths Warden Geoffry Crossick said “INTO are an option no longer worth considering”.

The Students’ Union SAY NO TO INTO campaign conducted an online referendum last month with results showing out of 475 students voting, only 4 thought INTO would be positive for Goldsmiths reputation as an academic institution. Resultting in 471 (over 95%) voting that any proposal to sell off our land to INTO would worsen the colleges status.

Campaigns Coordinator James Haywood gave us this statement: “I think it’s fantastic that joint campaign work between the staff UCU branch, Goldsmiths UNISON and the Students’ Union, all working together has paid off so well. This also really shows what can happen when we engage students in our campaigning and how much they respond if asked their opinions on matters and that management are moveable on issues when real opposition is galvanised”.

The SU will continue its Goldsmiths Not For Profit campaign into the next term, focusing more on support for the on-campus nursery and anti-scolarest work, now that all possibilities with INTO appear to have faded.