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Thoughts on this article: "Consultation events on Hughes Hall plans for development at Fenner’s fail to satisfy Cambridge residents"

Consultation events on Hughes Hall plans for development at Fenner’s fail to satisfy Cambridge residents

>Eileen O’Brien, landlady of the Six Bells and a Covent Garden resident, fears the new building will block light from her back garden.
The 69-year-old said: “We would feel horribly enclosed, it would block out the light and, frankly, I think a lot of my neighbours would think about selling and the community that’s been established here for decades would be decimated.”

>The 88-year-old said: “When they purchased this land they wanted to build all the way along, and a three-storey building behind Glisson Road.
“It was our resistance that prevented them from doing that but they still, stubbornly, insist on building on this land.”

u/Mental-Ferret-1018 — 2 days ago
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Should I address my prospective advisors and administrative staff by their first names?

I am an incoming international PhD student from a background where it is standard to address professors and others in positions of authority by their surnames.

I have been accepted and am currently corresponding with several people, including my prospective advisor, my prospective co-advisors, administrative staff members, and the international office. They often sign their emails with just their first names.

I wonder whether I should reciprocate and address them by their first names now, or whether I should wait until we become better acquainted personally.

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u/Mental-Ferret-1018 — 14 days ago
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Should I address my prospective advisors and administrative staff by their first names?

I am an incoming international PhD student from a background where it is standard to address professors and others in positions of authority by their surnames.

I have been accepted and am currently corresponding with several people, including my prospective advisor, my prospective co-advisors, administrative staff members, and the international office. They often sign their emails with just their first names.

I wonder whether I should reciprocate and address them by their first names now, or whether I should wait until we become better acquainted personally.

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u/Mental-Ferret-1018 — 14 days ago