Edinburgh University under fire over staff surveillance
A high profile Oxbridge academic has withdrawn his donations to Edinburgh University after it emerged that the institution has put its staff under surveillance following Home Office regulations aimed at catching illegal immigrants.
The alumnus said he had decided to protest against the university’s “authoritarian decision” by withdrawing the annual four-figure sum he donates after it emerged that staff will be forced to log where they are if outside of their normal office within the campus. The diktat follows Home Office