Students’ Union at City University in bid to ban Sun, Express and Daily Mail from campus

Nov 21, 2016 by Jill

by Dominic Ponsford, Press Gazette:

The students’ union of City University in London last night passed a motion apparently seeking to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspaper titles from the campus.

The motion was passed at the union’s annual general meeting.

City University has one of the biggest journalism departments in the UK with a variety of post graduate and undergraduate journalism courses available.

It is unclear what the impact of the motion will be as Press Gazette understands there are no retail outlets for newspapers on the campus.

The resolution states that there is “no place for the Sun, Daily Mail or Express (In their current form) on City, University of London campuses or properties”.

It says the Union should also “use the University’s industry contacts to reach out to employees and shareholders of the media outlets in question”. And it states it should “provide the resources and meeting space needed to organise direct action, online and social media campaigns”.

One City University undergraduate, Jack Fenwick, told Press Gazette: “As a journalism student I’m really worried that I’m now a member of an organisation whose official policy is to ban national newspapers.

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