Report: Universities Spend on Diversity Staff Dwarfs Free Speech Protections

Rules that strengthen freedom of speech obligations for English universities are not being followed while ‘contested ideologies’ are imposed.

File photo of graduates attending a graduation ceremony at a UK university, on July 16, 2008. Chris Ison/PA Media

Leading universities spend 214 times more on diversity than on free speech protection staff, according to Freedom of Information data.

Universities employ virtually no one to ensure compliance with their free speech obligations, according to a report by Alumni For free Speech (AFFS).