Freedom of Speech: Universities

Part of Education – in the House of Commons at on 28 April 2025.

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Photo of Chris Ward Chris Ward Labour, Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven

The Minister will know that the University of Sussex, one of my local universities, has recently been fined over £500,000—a record amount—following a three-and-half-year investigation by the Office for Students into freedom of speech. I know that the OfS is independent, but does the Minister share my concern that it reached this conclusion without ever speaking to the university or its current staff and students? Does she recognise the very wide implications of this ruling, and will she meet me and the University to discuss this?