UCL Accused of Banning Lecturer to Placate Chinese Students

Published on March 11, 2024

An academic at University College London (UCL) said on Friday that she was “banned and cancelled” after asking her class, “Why does China have so many slaves?” Michelle Shipworth, associate professor at UCL’s Bartlett School of Environment, Energy, and Resources, told media outlets that a module she designed has been taken away from her over the question. Warning that universities are “heavily incentivised to cede to the demands of overseas students,” she demanded her course back and called on the university to “urgently” run training on academic freedom. According to The Telegraph, the months-long saga began on Oct. 25, 2023, when Ms. Shipworth was teaching her 10-year-old module called “Data Detectives” to some 80 students, including around 20 to 30 Chinese students....

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