{"id":173218,"date":"2015-12-09T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=173218"},"modified":"2015-12-09T20:52:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T20:52:35","slug":"robert-gordon-university-strips-donald-trump-of-his-honorary-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/robert-gordon-university-strips-donald-trump-of-his-honorary-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Gordon University strips Donald Trump of his honorary degree"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University is stripping Donald Trump of his honorary degree after a petition calling for its revocation attracted tens of thousands of signatures.<\/p>\n
The Republican US presidential candidate was awarded with a doctorate of business administration in October 2010.
\nThe petition, started by Suzanne Kelly, reached nearly 71,000 and stated: “We feel that Donald Trump’s unrepentant, persistent verbal attacks on various groups of people based on nationality, religion, race and physical abilities are a huge detriment to RGU.<\/p>\n
Hate speech must not have a place in academia, in politics or on the world stage. We are confident RGU will agree with the petitioners, and act swiftly.”<\/p>\n