We are the University of Abertay Dundee Students’ Association and welcome to our campaign page for “Hands Off Abertay”.
On the 23rd of September, it has been reported the Scottish funding Council had sent an email to Abertay University to enter merger talks with Dundee University. This is an unprecedented and highly inappropriate move from the Scottish Funding Council that represents a very real and tangible threat to Abertay’s future as an independent, innovative and excelling university – and it is the students that will suffer in the long term.
Now is the time to take action.
We are calling on the wider community to support making the following commitments to the Scottish Government and the Scottish Funding Council:
You can support the Hands Off Abertay campaign by:
| # | Name | Location | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 | Tessa Birley | Aberdeen University Students' Association | |
| 1300 | Emmett McNickle | Northern Ireland | Prevous student at the university. A merge would be stupid, unnecessary and would greatly damage the reputation abertay has built over the years as the UK's top institute for Gameing courses |
| 1299 | Louise Hancock | Arbroath | |
| 1298 | Edinburgh Napier Uni LGBTQ and Friends Society | Edinburgh - all 3 Campuses | alternative e-mail : daniel acairns@live.napier.ac.uk |
| 1297 | Kevin Montana | Birmingham | NO TO THE MERGUR!! WE NEED TO KEEP ABURTAY SEPERETE FROM THE DUNDEE UNIVERSITY PEOPLES. |
| 1296 | Kathryn Pitts | Edinburgh | |
| 1295 | Craig Bell | Dundee | |
| 1294 | Lesley Young | Edinburgh Napier University | |
| 1293 | Kim Kellett | Edinburgh Napier University | No to the merger. A merger means less student places & less jobs for Uni. staff |
| 1292 | Louise Kellett | Dundee | |
| 1291 | Annette Caro | Hamburg, Germany | |
| 1290 | Carol Rea | Lincoln | |
| 1289 | Elizabeth Rattner | East Lansing, MI | |
| 1288 | Maria Pereira | Leeds | |
| 1287 | Diana Nawrath | Germany | |
| 1286 | Karin Eberhardt | Deutschland | |
| 1285 | Nikolaus Boettcher | Hamburg, Germany | 'Now is the time to take action!!!' |
| 1284 | Vera Gent | Oldenburg, Germany | |
| 1283 | lisa syberg | germany | |
| 1282 | Freya Bockelmann | Hamburg | Abertay University is outstanding in connecting europe and has an excellent reputation at european Universities. A merger would lead into a monstrous university students from abroad would unlikely choose for their studies. |
| 1281 | paolo camaioni | Teramo, Italy | |
| 1280 | Prof. Niall A.Logan | Glasgow Caledonian University | |
| 1279 | Mike McConnell | University of Aberedeen | |
| 1278 | Robert Williams | Dundee | I did my undergrad at Abertay in Commerce/Business, then Masters at Dundee & RGU and am now back at Abertay. Abertay gave me the best education - all I learned at Abertay has been relevant to my other studies. Both the staff at Abertay & RGU are more student orientated than the 'established' universities- their focus is on helping you attain your best- the support is outstanding. The SNP want to merge the Universities - let's not forget our local SNP, Joe Fitzpatrick is a graduate of Abertay and the SNP only just have the balance of power in Dundee City Council. If they wish to go down this route they will lose the student vote. |
| 1277 | Lynn Fairweather | Dundee | Abertay is a unique university and a great place to study, including the wonderful staff and lecturers. It would be a sad day for everyone if Abertay was to lose that uniqueness which makes it the the institution it is. To change that would be to change what Abertay stands for. |
| 1276 | Sarah-Jane Turner | U of Dundee | |
| 1275 | Laura Harrison | Cumnock | |
| 1274 | Amy Kearns | Glenrothes | |
| 1273 | Sarah Revie | Callander | Save Abertay |
| 1272 | Ian Rankin | Birmingham Library | Keep Abertay as Abertay! |