Does anyone know if they can appeal? The University doesn't seem in the least bit contrite
The university, ranked joint 26th out of 104 UK institutions in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024, has reacted furiously. Sasha Roseneil, the university’s vice-chancellor, said the regulator had decreed “free speech absolutism as the fundamental principle” for universities.
She seems to be equating that GC 'beliefs' (sex is real, immutable and sometimes it matters) with the nastier types of speech
...added that the ruling made it now “virtually impossible for universities to prevent abuse, harassment or bullying, to protect groups subject to harmful propaganda, or to determine that stereotyped assumptions should not be relied upon in the university curriculum”.
The group they notably failed to protect, the one 'subject to harmful propaganda' is the one commonly labelled 'terfs' and 'transphobic'.
Can anyone explain what she means by 'stereotyped assumptions'...etc?
I admit I had no idea this investigation was happening. Doc Stock, by not commenting, is showing class. I hope she has a glass of something nice, though I imagine it's bittersweet.