The Vice-Chancellor has refused to allow Regent House to debate and vote proposals on bursaries, despite receiving 140 signatures from academics.

Academics asked that the University would commit to maintaining bursaries at their current level, and a fairer allocation of resources. With current plans, bursaries will be reduced by more than half.

The Vice-Chancellor claimed that if the amendments were to go through, it would mean that the University were not able to submit their proposals to OFFA in time. CUSU, however, rejected this explanation.

The VC also claimed that the proposals were incompatible with the main purpose of the Grace.

Rahul Mansigani, CUSU president, said that CUSU "disagree entirely" with this interpretation.

In response, CUSU has called for a day of action tomorrow, at 12 o’clock, beginning outside Great St Mary’s church. A Facebook event has been created, and academics and lecturers have been contacted and asked to attend. CUSU expect a large turn out at the event.

Mansigani said that CUSU "are appalled and outraged by the decision of the University to blatantly refuse to acknowledge the concerns of its students and academics".

CUSU were optimistic about reversing the decision, saying that they were extremely confident that they will be successful in challenging the decision.