UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds

Alice Sullivan’s report recommends that universities help students to see ‘robust disagreement as an opportunity for growth’ Photograph: Colin Underhill/Alamy

UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report.

The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”.