St Antony's GCR
Past GCR Committee Motions
Here you can find major motions passed by previous year's GCR Committees from 2019
6 June 2024
The GCR of St Antony's resolves to ask for the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey. Her refusal to engage with OA4P despite claiming to be committed to “constructive dialogues” and her office’s decision to call the police on peaceful protesters directly led to students, staff and community members facing violence and brutality at the hands of the police. The statement she released by email was also woefully inadequate and refused to recognise the University’s role in jeopardising student and staff wellbeing and safety. She has demonstrated that she is unfit to lead this University. As such, St Antony’s College GCR join Somerville College JCR in calling for her immediate resignation.
GCR passes a motion to request the suspension of the alumni privileges of Dame Baroness Minouche Shafik
30 May 2024
The GCR of St Antony's resolves to formally request that our college suspend the alumni privileges of Minouche Shafik and bar her from visiting the college site, speaking at college events, and attending alumni events, and to publicise this suspension publicly along with its rationale.
15 March 2024
The GCR of St Antony's resolves to act upon its convictions of the right of people to self-determination and freedom from oppression and genocide, and join Somerville College’s MCR in their call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian administrative detainees, an end to the targeting of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, and inside Israeli territory, as well as for the unhindered restoration of humanitarian aid in Gaza to prevent further loss of life and for the restoration of power, water, food and telecommunications.
5 February 2020
Environmental action can not be left to politics only! The GCR demands measures by the college to lower the environmental footprint of St Antony's.
Amongst others, the demanded steps include a vegetarian day at the canteen, the reduction of the number of meat options in the daily menu and the provision of a food compost bin for college housing.
27 November 2019
The GCR meeting on November 27th, 2019 unanimously passed a motion requesting the University of Oxford to (1) release details of the vetting process of Schwarzmann's £150 donation, (2) demonstrate a transparent ethical framework for donations and (3) disclose information on Mr. Schwarzmann's ongoing influence on the Centre.
