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The Guardian // World // Europe

Banning of teacher-training students from Boat Race may be unlawful, lawyers say

Wednesday 26th March 2025, 3:51PM

So-called PGCE three barred from Cambridge teamCall to dismiss qualification as ‘not a degree’ challengedAn independent legal opinion has concluded there are “strong grounds to challenge the lawfulness” of the decision to ban three Cambridge students from taking part in next month’s Boat Race.The two crews will be formally announced this evening in an event at Battersea power station in London with Cambridge unable to select the so-called PGCE three – Matt ­Heywood, Molly Foxell and Kate Crowley – after a complaint from Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) that the teacher-training ­qualification “is a diploma and that is not a degree”. Continue reading...

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