{"id":1979,"date":"2026-05-22T15:46:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulseglobal.vn\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:58:47","slug":"senior-academics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulseglobal.vn\/en\/senior-academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior academics describe the Judge business school\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior academics describe the Judge business school\u2019s proposal to provide services and training as \u2018horrifying\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Cambridge University\u2019s business school is seeking to provide \u201cleadership development\u201d and \u201cinnovation management\u201d to Saudi Arabia\u2019s defence ministry despite concerns over its government\u2019s record on human rights and climate change, the Guardian has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Cambridge\u2019s leadership has approved a proposal by the university\u2019s Judge business school to form a \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d with the ministry for services and training, after an initial introduction by the UK\u2019s Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"sign-in-gate\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Senior academics described the proposal as \u201chorrifying\u201d and a betrayal of Cambridge University\u2019s commitments to freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"025608eb-dd29-47f2-aecd-5b8870b21ac3\" class=\"dcr-47fhrn\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1kyw41h\" data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-3 | 3\" data-component=\"rich-link\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1mj2yp9\" data-format-theme=\"0\" data-format-design=\"0\" data-format-display=\"0\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1lhuo3r\"><\/div>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dcr-1e3yjba\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c24695fecbc734c893f689fce0270006551caea1\/249_0_3730_2986\/master\/3730.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=842fe6e7290e7490b394156c216bff8b\" alt=\"People in boats on the River Cam pass the Jerwood Library at Trinity Hall\" width=\"3730\" height=\"2986\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-ut4tvs\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1h5b6rb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-169d7yv\">Cambridge college urged to drop \u2018immoral\u2019 private school recruitment drive<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-eurq8n\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fkf7vq\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Documents seen by the Guardian state that an agreement \u201cwould set preliminary goals and terms for potential collaborations to develop executive education, innovation management, leadership development and healthcare administration strategies, working exclusively with the civilian administration of the [Saudi defence ministry].\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The university\u2019s press office declined to comment and passed inquiries to the business school. A spokesperson for the business school said: \u201cCambridge Judge business school has not signed such an MoU [memorandum of understanding] with the Saudi Arabia defence ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But Judge business school officials told Cambridge\u2019s committee on benefactions and external and legal affairs, which scrutinises funding and research proposals for reputational risk, that it \u201cwas requesting permission to enter into a memorandum of understanding\u201d with the ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The benefactions committee, chaired by the vice-chancellor, Prof Deborah Prentice, approved the request by a majority vote at its meeting in January. It said an agreement \u201cwould in principle be acceptable\u201d but required the committee to be consulted on individual contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior academics describe the Judge business school\u2019s proposal to provide services and training as \u2018horrifying\u2019 Cambridge University\u2019s business school is seeking to provide \u201cleadership development\u201d and \u201cinnovation management\u201d to Saudi Arabia\u2019s defence ministry despite concerns over its government\u2019s record on human rights and climate change, the Guardian has learned. 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