Aegis welcomes Rolls Royce decision to withdraw from Sudan
19 Apr 07 – Rolls Royce has informed the Aegis Trust’s Darfur Divestment campaign that the company is withdrawing from Sudan. Rolls Royce was supplying diesel engines and support for Sudan’s oil sector. Booming oil revenues have helped Khartoum to finance its armed forces in Darfur and pay the Janjaweed militia, responsible for four years […]
Gemma Tumelty re-elected National President of NUS
Gemma Tumelty was re-elected National President of the National Union of Students by over two thirds of voting delegates at NUS’ annual conference. Gemma won her election in Blackpool, meaning that she will serve another year until July 2008, when she will have completed her maximum two year term. She commented- “I am absolutely delighted […]
Rolls Royce pulls out of Sudan citing Humanitarian Concerns
London (April 19th, 2007) – Rolls Royce announced yesterday their decision to withdraw from Sudan citing “increasing international humanitarian concerns”. Their decision follows increasing calls for companies to divest from Sudan and exert financial pressure on as the Government of Sudan as the crisis in Darfur worsens. This news is of particular significance to Aegis […]
UK Holocaust Education needs Investment
UK Holocaust Education needs Investment 16 Apr 07 – Serious concerns have been raised internationally about the state of Holocaust education in the UK in the wake of media stories following publication of a DfES-funded report, ‘Teaching Emotive and Controversial History’. The report, published by the Historical Association, found that some teachers had dropped the […]
Tribute to Eric Markusen
7 Feb 07 – Professor Eric Markusen, one of the world’s most eminent genocide scholars, died of cancer on Monday 29 January. He was 60 years old. In recent years, Professor Markusen had worked closely with the Aegis Trust. He participated in the joint Aegis-Foreign and Commonwealth Office conference on genocide prevention in 2002, which […]
Forum Closure and MySpace
Due to the posts on the Aegis Students Website Forum being made only by one member and over 800 active members being registered on our facebook forum instead, I presented to conference on the 11th January that that forum be closed and the official forum become our facebook forum. It was unanimously agreed that this […]
A gift in your will – Legacies
Making a Gift in Your Will – Would you like to make a lasting contribution to humanity and the world we live in? – Would you like to ensure that future generations learn the lessons of the Holocaust and the genocides in Rwanda and elsewhere, and say “Never Again” with understanding and commitment? – Would you like […]
Aegis Update Education Edition
A quarterly Aegis Update (Volume 1 Issue 1, May 06) is available for download or on hard copy. This provides latest news from Aegis Trust Education Department. To Download Click Here Please request for Aegis Update (Volume 1 Issue 2, June 07) by emailing chantelle.lee@aegistrust.orgThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need […]
Film of the Month: April 2006
How does a Nation live after Genocide?
Speech by Cherie Blair, Aegis Lunch, House of Commons, 20 April 2006 It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to this lunch today which aims to highlight the challenging and ground-breaking work undertaken by the Aegis Trust, both here in the UK and in Africa. As I am sure many of you are […]