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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Richard Adams Education editor

Abuse of Oxford’s trans students and staff saddens me, says vice-chancellor

Prof Irene Tracey sitting on a banister
Prof Irene Tracey said that she wanted to ‘create a culture of tolerance and respectful disagreement’. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Oxford’s vice-chancellor has said she was “deeply saddened” by the abuse and attacks aimed at the university’s transgender staff and students during her first year in the post, including the controversy which surrounded an appearance by Kathleen Stock, a gender-critical feminist.

Prof Irene Tracey, delivering her first oration since her appointment as vice-chancellor, told the assembly at the university’s Sheldonian theatre: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the abusive and threatening language and behaviours that our trans community suffered this year.

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