England’s university regulator issues record fine in Sussex free speech case

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The English University should be fined 585,000 pounds of charges, it was unable to maintain free speech and scientific freedom by marking a debate on student rights at the university.

England Higher Education Regulator Finds the most important violations of free speech and management ” University of SussexAccording to the press release, viewed by the Financial Times.

The Student Press Office will be published on Wednesday, that the policy of abuse or harassment of certain groups at the university has been set up “frost”.

The decision lies after US Vice President JD Vance lectured the British Prime Minister Sir Kade Starz about the need to protect free speech during the meeting in the Oval office. Elon Musk, technical billionaire and President Donald Trump, also claim that Britain is tightening its free expression.

The assigned report indicates the end of the investigation, which began more than three years ago. It was born case Kathle stock, Professor of Philosophy, who said that in 2021 he had to leave the university with a three-year campaign.

The shares were in the center of the line on gender identification and the rights of transgender and claimed that there is a “toxic” environment universitywhich “transts and non-binary equality policy” has been criticized by the regulator.

Some students were affected by a LGB Alliance, with a law enforcement organization that opposes the “idea that sex feels how it feels or dressed.”

2021 After the New Year’s Rewards list appeared on the list of “future gender pressure”, the “Further Gender Pressure” in an open letter complained about the prize.

In 2021, the Fund said that students, foreign activists and even some of their own partners accuse him of transphobia and are relieved to get rid of his work. Shares refused to comment outs.

The decision approved in 2017 will send a strong message to higher educational institutions, trying to balance the prevention of “hate speech” for the protection of the free speech.

The university, the 26th place in the 104 Britain’s 104 institutions took the World University Classification Table of Supreme Education, responded angry. University Vice President Sasha Renill said that the regulator made a decision to “free speech at all as a basic principle” for universities.

Rosenil claimed that the regulator “refused to talk to us”, and that the fine was “completely disproportionate.” He said that the university has supported the right of shares to pursue its scientific work and express its “legal beliefs.”

He added that the ruler now made it.

The decision to punish the university regulator, which punishes Susx, has adopted higher education (freedom of speech) Action 2023 laws on tightening freedom of speech laws.

However in the workforce in January said It will not invest more than many of the planned conservatives, claiming that the law is already strong enough.

The statement of the “Transl and Non-Binary Equality” policy failed to maintain freedom of speech and the academic principles of freedom management, creating a “freezing influence” university.

It also said that the university did not manage to have “effective and proper management and management arrangements”.

Ofs’ inquiry was focused on the compliance of the rules by the university, not specific to the shares. He found it yet. “There is no evidence that the performance of professor reserves at the university was illegal.” The work of scientific people covered the issues of sex, gender and individual rights.

Susx claims that universities are now undergoing a regulatory risk if they have politics that protect staff and students racist, homophobic, anti-Muslim, or other abuse.

The first director of the regulator’s speech and science freedom was in the role of 2023 and praised the conservatives in the role of 2023.

“Arif is a professor of philosophy who has written passionate about the protection of free speech in the media,” said Clair Kutinho, then the Minister of Education. “He stand firmly in the firm of closing his conversation events.”

Ahmed, who has been in work, is said in a statement that the fine imposed in Susex has “discounted significantly” because this was the first case in its kind.

The Education Department says that he will not comment on “leak”.