Minister for Higher Ed warms universities of the chilling effect of D&I

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Here in the Times. I'm on a cheap special offer subscription and don't have access to share tokens, so if anyone can help I'd be obliged:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/beware-chilling-effect-of-diversity-schemes-universities-are-warned-wx55rw9fq

Interestingly, she's chosen to focus on the Race Equality Charter, which is a similar racket to Stonewall. She highlights the 'highly paid management roles' and asks question about value for money.

Just having a brief look at the Race Equality Index and it (as you would expect) looks fairly professional and reasonable. Then you look into it a bit more and - to be perfectly honest - you start to see what Donelan means. I believe in inclusivity and fairness. That means I believe institutions should be understanding when (for example) a student’s or staff member’s faith means they don’t work on a particular day. But the guidance gives as an example of ‘making inclusive spaces’ that certain students’ view of not working means not having to turn on a light switch, so the building might need to be redesigned around that. I’m sympathetic to people’s needs surrounding faith and worship, but that is manifestly disproportionate, unless I’m missing something significant.

Charter, sorry!

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