Sussex University under fire over workshop on how to ‘deal with right-wing attitudes in the classroom

Feb 22, 2017 by Jill

by Camilla Turner, Telegraph:

Sussex University has been accused of undermining free speech after one of its leading professors held a workshop for academic staff of how to “deal with right-wing attitudes in the classroom”.

The event stoked controversy among students and staff, who complained that the institution was revealing its political bias.

The workshop, titled “Dealing with right wing attitudes and politics in the classroom” took place last week and had been advertised on posters around the university.

Dan Hough, a politics professor at the university, published a picture of the poster on Twitter, with the caption: “Perhaps we should just talk about, analyse and then evaluate all positions in any given debate, no?”

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