Scottish universities drop out of Stonewall equality league tables following ‘gender’ row

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Scottish universities drop out of Stonewall equality league tables following ‘gender’ row
The University of Edinburgh is among several institutions to decline to submit an application for this year's rankings

By
Daniel Sanderson,
SCOTTISH CORRESPONDENT
10 January 2022 • 7:51pm
Leading Scottish universities have dropped out of controversial equality league tables compiled by LGBT lobby group Stonewall, following claims that participation can inhibit academic freedom and open debate about transgender issues.

Despite trumpeting its participation in previous editions of the “equality index” as a sign of its commitment to diversity and inclusion, the University of Edinburgh has quietly declined to submit an application for this year’s rankings following a series of controversies, The Telegraph can reveal.

Other institutions which have taken part in previous editions but have shunned the scheme this year include the University of Glasgow, the University of the West of Scotland and Robert Gordon University. The latter two confirmed that they are reviewing future participation.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/10/scottish-universities-drop-stonewall-equality-league-tables/

Have they left the paid Diversity Champions scheme?

If the only change is that they have stopped filling in the free form that allows them to be assessed on Stonewall’s trans preference index, then not much has changed.

Yes, Prion, but i will be ibterested to hear how some of the more vocal trans rights activists respond.

@ThePrionOne

Have they left the paid Diversity Champions scheme?

If the only change is that they have stopped filling in the free form that allows them to be assessed on Stonewall’s trans preference index, then not much has changed.

I'm not sure - baby steps. I imagine it is very hard to extricate an organisation as large (and wokey-cokey) as a university from the grips of Stonewall. Pulling away all at once would be bound to attract a lot of attention; perhaps moving out a bit at a time seems a safer strategy?

Fair enough. I posted then thought afterwards that I had perhaps been overly pessimistic. I hope that this is merely a first step. I’m very cynical about my alma mater, Edinburgh University though. They’ve introduced a new genderwoo department. Quite how they square it with educating medics and vets is a mystery.

Wee Gender Krankie has tickled me. It's spot on

@Waftypants

glasgowguardian.co.uk/2022/01/16/uofg-defends-decision-to-refuse-participation-in-stonewalls-workplace-equality-index/