Impressed

Well, am really impressed with students here…UK students are really different from that in Malaysia…more proactive and outspoken…and of course, the university needs to be open-minded enough to allow this…

For your information,
there is an anti-war group in Strathclyde lobbying for the university to give up its tie with BAE system, an arms manufacturer that was alleged to supply weapons to various governments violating human rights, including the war in Palestin…

In the last Strathclyde Union AGM, they brought this up, and brought a large group of their members to form the majority of votes to pass the anti-war motion…e.g. for Strathclyde to end its contract with Eden Spring…an Israeli mineral water company allegedly obtained their water supply from Palestin…They won the motion…although some people said they did it through an un-democractic way…Previously similar motion were rejected by the SRC because it would place the university in a difficult position with its corporate funder…

Back to the point, it seems that BAE system invested alot in Strathclyde engineering research and development and employ most strathclyde engineering students…But with its alleged involvement in military activities and arms supply, some students think it is unethical for the university to continue its tie with this company…

As a follow-up from the AGM motion, a referendum will be held on Pegasus this coming Thursday on whether Strathclyde should end its relationship with BAE System. As a Strathclyde student, you have a say in this…log on PEGASUS next Thursday 30th April 9am until Friday 1st May 3pm…the party that will be affected the most is the engineering students of course….

On a side note, if this was a Malaysian university, I think all these students might have been reprimanded or expelled for challenging the university…LOL…or probably Malaysian students just dont care…

Studying here in this environment can really open up ur minds and ur eyes