{"id":68242,"date":"2021-05-20T13:57:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=68242"},"modified":"2021-12-16T18:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T18:32:01","slug":"platforming-hate-universities-in-the-uk-to-prioritise-free-speech-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/platforming-hate-universities-in-the-uk-to-prioritise-free-speech-on-campus","title":{"rendered":"Platforming hate: Universities in the UK to prioritise free speech on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Office for Students can now impose fines on any university for breaching the rules of free speech, but minority groups fear the ways this may impact their safety.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" loading=\"lazy\" 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where the professor raises a debatable topic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the article, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech Bill) announced that under the new plans, for the first time, the Office for Students and individuals from the student union have also been included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that they now have the power to seek compensation through court if the institution breached the rules on freedom of speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Cardiff University student, Precious E Gem said, \u201cI\u2019m glad we now have the option to do so. It gives us the opportunity to speak up and call out on anything that we think is violating our beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, I think this could go either way. On one hand the university is abiding by the law and allowing controversial guest speakers to further our knowledge and on the other, not every student is going to be entirely okay with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, an Australian writer and feminist named Germaine Greer was invited to Cardiff University for a lecture, but over 3,000 students signed a petition to cancel the lecture due to her transphobic views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Germaine Greer: Transgender women are &#039;not women&#039; - BBC Newsnight\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7B8Q6D4a6TM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" 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what good does it do when the Office for Students now has the power to impose fines on the institution breaching the rules?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jo Grady, head of the University and College Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/education-57076093?fbclid=IwAR3hpbZYzOGXnFiV-HABqrBdk4OXuXSQCsS3WxDvdGwZEbp2gM2p0x2Ziag\">said to the BBC<\/a>, \u201cIf the government wants to strengthen freedom of speech and academic freedom, it shouldn\u2019t be policing what can and cannot be said on campus, and encourage university managers to move staff on to secure, permanent contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears as though the government and the university managers want to create a safe space for the university staff and students but with heaps of pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hannah Hamad said, \u201cWhen the government created the Office for Students in 2018, it did so with the intent to further entrench the marketisation of the Higher Education sector in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the 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