Durham's record-setting benefactor has suspended all donations to the university over strict Covid regulations for current students.
Mark Hillery, an alumnus of Collingwood College, Durham, had donated more than £7.5 million to the northern university between 2015 and 2021.
He said told Durham that he had been in contact with the university several times about their restrictions which were stricter than the government guidelines.
Hillery said that his decision was mainly about Durham reintroducing online learning at the start of their spring term in January.
Mr Hillery was a prolific benefactor at Durham in recent years including his donation of a brand new arts centre on campus which bares his name
As part of his 'step back' from Durham, 파워볼게임 he has resigned from the advisory board of Collingwood College, requested the university cease dialogue with him, and has vowed to never visit Durham again 'while there is a single Covid-related rule imposed on students'.
Hillery told Palatinate: 'It's a very depressing state of affairs.
'Urgency that should have been displayed to fully normalise [the University] to the same status as the rest of society has not been there.
'The same pedantic and ineffective policies that place the priorities of the paying students at the bottom of the pile are simply continued and refined […] it's tiring to watch.