University and College members of staff at Cambridge in support of the Cambridge student encampment for Palestine
The letter was created by a group of academic staff who have come together to support students’ demands and their rights to freedom of expression, assembly and protest over this issue.
It was launched on the morning of Tuesday 7 May and by lunchtime on Friday 10 May it had been signed by at least 2200 members of the University community, including current and former members of staff at the University and Colleges, graduate and undergraduate students and alumni including at least:
300 current members of University and College staff
6 Emeritus professors
300 graduate students
750 undergraduate students
900 alumni