Universities Must Uphold Free Speech, Academic Freedom: UK Regulator

Universities Must Uphold Free Speech, Academic Freedom: UK Regulator
Lord Wharton of Yarm speaks in the House of Lords in London on July 1, 2021. House of Lords/Screenshot/The Epoch Times
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Universities must meet their obligations to uphold free speech and academic freedom, the UK’s higher education regulator said on Oct. 31, days after a professor resigned following dissension with transgender activists.

James Wharton, chairman of the Office for Students (OfS), said the office requires universities to have mechanisms in place to protect these freedoms and to apply them in practice.