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Issue 1215
Rhifyn 1215
gair rhydd 9 February 2026
“What’s more dangerous in the media: lying or omitting facts?”
Peter Oborne Speaks in Cardiff Read on page 7
Complete Lack of Transparency Staff speak out following our interview with Wendy Larner and reveal a schism between management and staff.
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n Gair Rhydd’s last edition, we spoke to Cardiff University’s President and Pro Vice-Chancellor, Wendy Larner. The interview covered many topics, including university finance changes, the “enormous success” of the Kazakhstan campus, proposed cost-cutting measures, and the university executives’ de facto bible—Vision 2035—referenced to as the document de-
tailing the university’s direction. I spoke with staff whose picture of the university’s internal workings was painted in far darker hues, and the executive board’s bible, supposedly “our future, together”, was hardly known to students. This article is, therefore, a response to VC Larner’s account of how our university has been run and will be run.
Read the report on page 25
‘Senghetto’
Coming To The Union Later This Month..
Real Ale Festival Find Out More On Page 11
or Cultural Court?
How Will Language Reforms Affect Students Read on page 18
“Now I just feel pure rage. At first I wanted to hide myself—I still feel a bit unsafe—but I also just feel pure rage.” Read Our Interview With Dr Daisy Dixon on page 16