Louise Richardson

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The protesters are calling for an Oxford College , The Statue of Cecil Rhodes

will be removed In the line about The Statue of Cecil Rhodes , Oxford University's head, warned to hide "our story".

the protesters want to move to the bottom, Oriel College , statue of the 19th-century imperialist, say, it is a symbol of racism and imperialism.

But the vice-chancellor Louise Richardson Said , to see the views of The Past in the context of The Time .

"We need to confront our past, we must learn from it," Said Prof Richardson .

To the attention of other statues, including those of Cecil Rhodes , Oxford, to commemorate the Victorian imperialism, businessman and donor to the scholarship changed your life.

The Statue belongs to Oriel College , instead of University, and Prof Richardson Said that they want to have a "binary" view of whether to remove it.

it want to But gave no sign of support for demonstrators, and take The Statue , instead, warning against the attempt to hide The Past , and are calling for a recognition that the views needed from The Past , to be judged in their historical context.

Oxford MPs and A Number of local councils have supported, to delete calls, the Rhodes statue, with the argument that they represent imperialist values, which are no longer acceptable.

Rhodes, the fall Must campaign called for a "public and permanent recognition" from the University's "role in the colonial violence."

demonstrators in Oxford, Said The Statue was acceptable

"My Own view is that the hide is our history, and the route to enlightenment," Prof Richardson told The Bbc .

"We need to understand the history and understand the context in which it was made and why it was that The People believed then, as they have," She Said .

"This University has been around for 900 years. For 800 years The People that ran to the University does not believe that women were worthy of An Education . We should condemn people?

"Personally, no - I think you were wrong, But they need to be addressed, Said the context of their time," Prof Richardson .

In the age of Cecil Rhodes , the support for imperialism was the prevailing view, She Said .

Louise Richardson says that the views need to be examined to The Past , in the context of The Time

The Vice-Chancellor Said that the Growing Up in Ireland, she had seen Oliver Cromwell as "barbaric" character - But she had seen his statue in Westminster and had learned more about him.

"Cromwell on me, like Voldemort, my children," She Said , referring to The Evil wizard in the Harry Potter novels.

"I went about learning more about how he was perceived quite differently in the UK. "

When looking at the attitudes and actions of The Past , she asked: "we use The Ethics of today, or should we use the morals and ethics of The Time in which they lived?"

After a row over The Statue a few years ago, there have been proposals for a memorial plaque, which will be added to the Rhodes statue to add "context" about his life, and Prof Richardson Said that she regretted the fact that this has obviously not happened.

But She Said that the focus of the University was not to add to the statues of The Past , But on The Experience of the students in The Present , that The Number of black and ethnic minority students had increased.

"I would hate to think that all black students or students who would think that Oxford would be an inhospitable place. "

Prof Richardson Said , as the University was to announce about its first New College for 30 years.

Ruben College is open to, the Said in the next year as a postgraduate college, and the Vice-Chancellor, it will be focused "more problems, more entrepreneurial spirit".

The college will focus on Climate Change , Artificial Intelligence , cellular life. She takes it name from the Reuben family, whose Foundation donated £80m for the support.

"The idea is to find solutions to global problems do not stop at national borders," Said Prof Richardson added that the College would be a more "egalitarian" approach as the "formal set-up".

the University of Oxford has Said at the forefront of efforts to develop a vaccine for Covid-19 and you, it is the necessity of the "promotion of research infrastructure revealed".

"It shows how important it is for a country like the UK as many world-class universities as possible. We are crucial to economic recovery," Said Prof Richardson .

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Source of news: bbc.com