Undergraduates at Britain’s top universities are increasingly facing a culture of censorship – but some students are fighting back. The Telegraph has more.
When Charlotte Tredgett won a place at King’s College London to study philosophy, the bright, enthusiastic teenager envisaged thoughtful exchanges, intense discussions – even heated debates – about the most pressing moral and ethical questions of the day.
Indeed, the university prospectus promises just that. The course will, it says, “equip students with the skills to develop, analyse and communicate arguments” and “hone their critical thinking” in a “focused environment with plenty of feedback and discussion”.
But the reality was very different.
“When classes started, it became abundantly clear that fellow students did not welcome views questioning the prevailing ideologies around gender, religion, capitalism or colonialism,” says the student, from Colchester.
An hour-long seminar on gender in philosophy provided the ultimate illustration of how “wokeness” is stifling debate on campus.
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