We’re delighted to see that the new Council for the Defence of British Universities (CDBU) has been receiving plenty of press coverage from outlets around the world, ahead of our official launch at the British Academy on Tuesday 13th.

Here are some of the highlights:

• “Fidei defensores”, Times Higher Education, 8th November 2012
• “Freedom from private functions”, Times Higher Education, 8th November 2012
• “Leader: Bull or bear, they will fight it“, Times Higher Education, 8th November 2012
• “Universities ‘grossly distorted’ by Government reforms”, The Telegraph, 8th November 2012
• “Big thinkers unite to defend ‘one of UK’s greatest assets’”, The Independent, 8th November 2012
• “Coalition of thinkers vow to fight marketisation of universities”, The Guardian, 8th November 2012
• “Nobel winners speak out for universities”, The Times, 9th November 2012
• “British Academy comments on the launch of the Council for the Defence of British Universities”, The British Academy, 9th November 2012
• “Andrew Motion attacks government’s ‘mercantile’ approach to universities”, The Guardian, 11th November 2012
• “Top thinkers form council to defend universities”, World University News, 11th November 2012
• “Our universities are at great risk. We must act now to defend them”, The Guardian, 11th November 2012
• “Academics have started to argue back on higher education reforms“, The Guardian, 12th November 2012

We’ve also spotted coverage in Czech, Dutch, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Swedish, Russian, and Turkish language publications around the world.

If you’re aware of any other articles or prominent mentions that we should add to this list, please do pop us a note at blog@cdbu.org.uk or @cdbuni on Twitter.

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