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Universities banned from 'bullying staff on race, gender and climate' in major free speech victory

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A new complaints system will make it easier to report universities who fail to protect staff from intimidation over views on topics such as race, gender and climate, the Government has announced.

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From the next academic year, the Office for Students (OfS) will will run a "first-of-its-kind" scheme allowing members of staff, external speakers non-student members to voice complaints about institution, the Department for Education (DfE) said.

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The regulator will be handed the authority to probe concerns, advise universities to review decisions, pay damages or overhaul their systems.

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The OfS will also be allowed to dish out fines to universities for breaching their duties under the Freedom of Speech Act from next April.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Financial penalties could reach £500,000 or two per cent of the institution's income.In the most egregious cases, universities could risk losing public funding - or even be deregistered altogether.

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