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Winchester University's Greta Thunberg statue is a shameless PR stunt

28 March 2021

12:32 AM

28 March 2021

12:32 AM

Winchester University’s decision to splash £24,000 on a life-sized statue of Greta Thunberg – who needless to say, has zero connection to the city – was met with both outrage and hilarity.

Outrage because since the effigy was commissioned in 2019, the university has enacted swingeing library cuts and two rounds of staff redundancies (despite the vice chancellor’s salary of £233,207).

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