How did universities become so toxic?
With increasing numbers of students claiming to be ‘triggered’ by free speech, we talk to those pushing against the trend
Source: telegraph.co.uk
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Engage with views you do not agree with, university students told amid Durham free speech row
The university watchdog chief has said a ‘robust and tolerant’ exchange of views is an ‘essential’ part of higher education
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Durham University lecturers accused of stoking up left-wing students in campus free speech furore
Senior academics at Durham University were last night accused of whipping up a mob (pictured) of Left-wing students attempting to oust the head of a college amid a free-speech row.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Savage irony of the Rod Liddle speech about tolerance that sparked a firestorm of intolerance:
Events at Durham this week have propelled this university and its 20,000-strong student body on to the front line of the latest campus culture war.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Conservatives are right to defend free speech — but we should pick our battles wisely
Reflecting on the South College controversy, Max Minkin argues that political debate should be carried out civilly and in an appropriate setting.
Rod Liddle Max Minkin Principal Of South College Durham Student Union Principal Of South College Professor Tim Luckhurst South College
Source: palatinate.org.uk
Professor at Durham University steps back from role after "pathetic" storm
A DURHAM University principal who has come under pressure for calling students “pathetic” has stepped back from some of his duties after the…
Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk
Durham University college principal steps back amid walk-out probe
The vice-chancellor said the event with columnist Rod Liddle caused "considerable distress and anger".
Tim Luckhurst Jane Macnaughton Durham University Labour Club Durham University Durham Womxn Association Feminism Society
Source: bbc.co.uk
Durham college head barred from public facing roles after Rod Liddle speech controversy
Rod Liddle, whose speech led to protests, accuses the university of 'hanging Prof Tim Luckhurst out to dry’
Source: telegraph.co.uk
If students can't handle Rod Liddle's crude jokes, they aren't ready for real life
The young people at Durham are free to disagree with him, or even walk out, but I struggle to see why they found it all so traumatic
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Durham university investigating after Rod Liddle speech outrage
AN urgent investigation is underway at Durham University after students walked out of an event at which controversial journalist Rod Liddle was a…
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Source: thenorthernecho.co.uk