FSU member and University College London (UCL) academic Michelle Shipworth has been BANNED from teaching her own course, after a Chinese student complained that discussing modern slavery in China was too “provocative”. Incredibly, UCL sided with students who said they were “distressed” by her handling of the topic, and imposed a raft of restrictions on Michelle in order to ensure their courses remained “commercially viable” to Chinese students. FSU Director @BenBarryJones spoke to Michelle about her ordeal, and the shocking extent to which UCL has now curtailed her academic freedom — full video available on our YouTube channel. m.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Is4e… The FSU’s case team has been advising Michelle since October on challenging the restrictions internally. FSU Head @toadmeister has also written to UCL’s Provost, Dr Michael Spence AC, asking for his personal oversight of this case and reassurance that all restrictions on Michelle will be lifted. In his letter, Toby warns that future infringements of academic freedom would be referred to the higher education regulator, the Office for Students, once the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act comes fully into force. Find out more about the case below. freespeechunion.org/ucl-bans… Michelle’s case is just one of the 2,300+ cases we've been involved with since we formed in 2020. To become a member of the FSU, and help support the work we do, standing up for the speech rights of our 12,000+ members, click the link below. freespeechunion.org/join/ The enemies of free speech fight in packs. Its defenders need to band together too. Join the FSU. Together we can cancel cancel culture.