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Oriel controversy: Meet ‘Red Kate’, leader of the ‘People’s Republic of Worcester College’
Although she made no secret of her Left-wing views, dons were nonetheless shocked to see professor had signed up to boycott Oriel
10 June 2021 • 10:00pm
Prof Kate Tunstall is the most prominent scholar to join the Oriel boycott. Lord Mendoza, the provost of Oriel, is an exception to the usual left-leaning appointments and was last year handed a Tory peerage
If the Rhodes Must Fall movement was looking for a new leader, it seems they have found it in “Red Kate”.
As interim provost of the self-styled “People’s Republic of Worcester College”, Prof Kate Tunstall is the most prominent scholar to join the Oriel boycott.
More than 150 Oxford dons are boycotting Oriel College and refusing to teach its students in protest at its decision to keep the Cecil Rhodes statue, The Telegraph can reveal. It is the latest incident in the culture wars engulfing British universities and comes amid a growing fallout over a decision to remove the Queen's portrait at neighbouring Magdalen College. On Wednesday night, the higher education watchdog chief and four former education ministers hit out at the boycott, with one accusing