News Round-Up
22 April 2026
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A Royal Holloway student is facing possible hate crime charges after making a joke comparing a pro-Palestine activist's headscarf to a tea towel in a case the student says should "scare everybody".
When Free Speech Union External Affairs Officer Connie Shaw gave a talk at UCL on Tuesday about the transgender attack on free speech, she found herself, with no hint or irony, confronted by an angry mob.
A further 36 universities face legal action from more than 170,000 current and former students, who say they did not receive the full education they paid for during Covid.
The debating society of Bangor University has banned Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin from speaking to students, saying it is taking a "stand against Reform UK" and "keeping hate out of our universities".
A London university is offering funded studentships for black and minority ethnic students even though these groups are already over-represented. Is this not against the law, ask Prof Norman Fenton and Prof Martin Neil.
What Britain's universities are doing to English Literature courses is a cultural crime, says Steven Tucker. What should pass on England's cultural heritage now indoctrinates young people in fashionable Left-wing causes.
King's College London has abandoned academic standards entirely with its new marking guidelines, declaring objectivity to be racist and oppressive. It has ceased to be a university, says Professor Michael Rainsborough.
Are we really surprised that English literature students are having problems reading "long difficult" books? The Left-wing politicisation of the university is to blame, says Dr Frank Palmer.
A university is teaching students that J.R.R. Tolkien demonises "people of colour" in the Lord of the Rings books, claiming that orcs and other dark-skinned characters are victims of "ethnic chauvinism".
Western education, riddled with progressive fads, has been grinding down the spirits of young people for decades. Now, a group of dissenting academics has decided to do something about it, says Professor Paul Frijters.