University of Sussex to challenge ‘Kafkaesque’ £585,000 fine by regulator over Kathleen Stock case

The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by higher education regulator Office for Students (OfS) over a policy that the OfS has claimed restricted the free speech of former employee Kathleen Stock, and others.

The university’s policy reportedly required staff and students to “positively represent trans people”, adding that transphobia would “not be tolerated”.

OfS claimed the policy could lead to self-censorship, adding that professor Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021, became “more cautious” about expressing her “gender-critical” views due to the policy.

The OfS said it launched the investigation after campus protests broke out calling for the dismissal of then-philosophy professor Kathleen Stock due to her “gender-critical” views. Stock left the university in 2021.

The OfS said in a statement:

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