Academic free speech is too crucial to be used as a political football by left or right | Sonia Sodha

This is but one case that highlights the fragility of academic freedom and free speech in British universities. This year, an employment tribunal found the Open University had facilitated a “targeted campaign of harassment” against Prof Jo Phoenix in a way that suppressed her academic freedom and amounted to constructive dismissal because of her gender-critical belief that sex is relevant in society. There are other cases of universities unlawfully suppressing gender-critical speech and research.