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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to to reverse the trend of closure of courses for the public at the University of Manchester and fulfil the promises made in policy statements for more public engagement. More details
Submitted by Bernard Orford – Deadline to sign up by: 25 August 2009 – Signatures: 258
Petition update, 28 September 2009
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "to reverse the trend of closure of courses for the public at the University of Manchester and fulfil the promises made in policy statements for more public engagement."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20736
Prime Minister's Office
More details from petition creator
The imminent closure of courses for the public at the University of Manchester, the largest University in the country with 4th position ranking for research, is the latest in a long line of closures of continuing education provision for adults and public programmes all over the country. It reflects a disturbing trend for the exclusion of the general public from Universities, restricted access to hearing about research at first hand and a decrease in opportunity to participate in the intellectual life of the country for a large majority. We the undersigned call upon Government and Universities to reverse this trend and fulfill the promises made in policy statements for more public engagement.
Current signatories
Bernard Orford, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Jorawar Singh Chahal
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- Ian Walsh
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/12monthtax/)
- Jenny Roche
- Fran Cannon
- steven taylor
- andrew wilson
- Michael Cunningham
- Philippa Browning
- Dr Christine Arkwright
- Elaine Walker
- Georgina Muskett
- Richard Pederick
- Barry Wood
- Michael Nevell
- David Keen
- Martin Holt
- maggie murdoch
- Dr Alan Sennett
- David Martin
- Glynis Greaves
- Vikki Sargent
- Ailsa Donnelly
- Dr P J Donnelly
- Audrey Carter
- Hans Mock
- trinemoore
- Ken Greaves
- Wendy Foulger
- Mary Black
- Dr.David M. Ellis
- jayne healey
- Karen Clarke
- Winifred Ashmore
- Tom Cannon
- Birgitta Hoffmann
- Kerry Scutts
- Gillian Taylor
- Richard Lee
- John McIlwaine
- Suzie Thomas
- Abigail Saul
- Iris Glaesslein
- Peter Noble
- Dr. David Wyatt
- Ian Freestone
- Dr Julie Light
- William Aird
- Kathrin Wagner
- Gideon Brough
- Dr I Spring
- Mark Gilbert
- Dr D Fimi
- Paolo G. Calisse
- Mark Grahame
- Kathleen Margaret Turtle
- Douglas Scott
- Philip Gooderson
- Paul Fletcher
- Philip Constable
- John Roberts
- Gareth Curtis
- Jane Gilhespie
- Dr Ben Curtis
- Dr Willy Kitchen
- Dr Eleanor Betts
- Catherine Zara
- Angela Rae
- Kay Rainsley
- Jackie Horricks
- David Rudling
- John Pryor
- Margot Richardson
- Heather Burton
- John Manley
- Tristan Bareham
- Dr Charlotte Skeet
- Dr V Brack
- Rosemary Lugg
- Dudley Moore
- Dr Bronwen Calvert
- Jacqui Stretton
- Judith Martin
- Val Orringe
- Laura Cecil
- Pam Coare
- Mike Boice
- Amy Teo
- Fiona Candlin
- Michelle Lefevre
- Julian Broughton
- Deborah Charman
- Carolyn Jones
- Mark Brennand
- Linda Morrice
- Jacqueline Morris
- Joan MacGregor
- Matt Boyle
- Joe Jordan
- Christopher McHugh
- Chris Sykes
- Geoffrey Miller
- Ian Ground
- Joanne Bentley
- Linda Hawkins
- Penny Blackie
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- LORRAINE RUSSELL
- Roy Blewitt
- Ruth Hill
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- K. Morris
- Michael Ayton
- Lucy Lloyd
- Peter Lythgoe
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- Will Pilfold
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- Jessica Baily
- Paul Chillingworth
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- Bernie Doeser
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- Dr Patricia Henshall
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- James Campbell
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