£10,000 raised to house Rwandan survivor
17 July 07 – Ten teenagers from West Bridgford Comprehensive School in Nottingham today visited the Holocaust Centre, home of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention, to present a cheque for over £2,000. This is the final part of a grand total of over £10,000 raised in the past year by students and community groups […]
National Executive Committee Vacancies
We hope you are all having a fantastic summer. The growth of Aegis Students has been immense this last year. There are now eleven functioning societies and many more in early stages of development, bringing about the need for a larger National Executive Committee to coordinate the student movement in this coming academic year. The […]
News from Nottingham Trent University – June 2007
Eyes on Darfur
Hain gets behind Darfur Divestment campaign
17 June 07 – At 5pm Tuesday 19 June, Labour deputy leadership candidate Peter Hain MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, will address a public meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Genocide Prevention, called to discuss targeted divestment and sanctions on over the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Darfur. Massive investments by companies The […]
International Divestment Campaign Launched Today
8 June 07 Could you be indirectly financing the genocide in Darfur? That’s quite a sobering thought. It’s also a distinct possibility. Today, Aegis Trust and partners launch an international campaign for the divestment of funds, including your pension and your savings, that are invested in foreign companies whose […]
News from Derby University – May 2007
Derby Society Wins Awards Derby Aegis Society was nominated for 6 awards at the University of Derby Students’ Union Awards ball on the 26th April 2007 for its contribution to student activities within the university over the past academic year. We scooped up 3 awards on the night for ‘most charitable club or society’, ‘outstanding […]
Survivors to speak every weekend at Holocaust Centre
10 May 07 – For the first time since opening, the Holocaust Centre (situated between Laxton and Ollerton, in north Notts) is running a full summer of weekend talks by survivors of Nazi concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Belsen. Every Saturday and Sunday, from now to the end of September, members of the public […]
Derby Society Wins Awards
Derby Aegis Society was nominated for 6 awards at the University of Derby Students’ Union Awards ball on the 26th April 2007 for its contribution to student activities within the university over the past academic year. We scooped up 3 awards on the night for ‘most charitable club or society’, ‘outstanding achievement’ and ‘most valuable […]
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 […]