A leading academic who led a recent government review into sex and gender data collection has threatened legal action against the University of Bristol, claiming it failed to protect her freedom of speech.
Prof Alice Sullivan has also written to the university regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), after a talk she gave at the university was disrupted by a trans rights protest.
Universities have a legal duty to uphold the right to free speech, while balancing that with the right to protest by those who object.
The University of Bristol rejected her claims and said the talk went ahead safely - despite "unacceptable disruption" - in line with its "strong commitment to upholding free speech".
