Revealed: The charity turning UK universities woke

In recent years universities have been wracked by furious debates over statues and plaques, outrage over controversial speakers and campaigns to decolonise curricula.

Advance HE, a democratically unaccountable quango, runs several schemes aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion in British universities.

These initiatives are aimed at influencing the policies, processes and actions of institutions that take part. Professor James Orr of Cambridge university explores how Advance HE operates in a film for The Telegraph.

A spokesperson for Advance HE said: "Like universities, we share a long-standing commitment to promoting and protecting freedom of speech and academic freedom. Our charters complement freedom of speech, as they enhance the voice and input of a more diverse range of staff and students.”

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[franklinnash]

How dumb do people have to be to need a class to teach them how to treat each other?

[chongxina]

A lot of people have no idea how dangerous this is. We’re already in some very very deep sh1t here.

[greeksalad]

I remember when higher education was free for poor people - now THAT was radical!!

[DavidFrancis]

I left my Anthropology dept here in America because it was extreme far-left and everything became political and biased in that direction. It was scary to see.

[juanolivares]

Ironic that foreigners want to change their adoptive academic country's culture. Are native citizens from that country allow such foreigh changed upon them???

[bobney]

Simple, defund any university that engages with AdvanceHE. See what the entitled little students do then - perish the thought that they have to work for a living.

[michaelstanwick]

Yes, implicit bias "training" at best it is a waste of money and has no evidence of efficacy. At worst, it can be thought of as a form of reeducation when it is being forced upon staff in some cases.

[RagingDong]

Check out the Yuri Bezminov interveiw.

[AndrewMartinOxford]

The problem with AdvanceHE is that there is no counter-weight. Every push meets an open door.

Perhaps the Universities' Free Speeh Bill represents an opportunity for an orgainsation like FSU to develop a programme rather like Athena SWAN for free speech -- with a charter and awards, university action plans, and so on.

[Davey_Gravey]

Im so glad Im in a Christian school where we value and respect our morals

[ChuckY]

Put the fees up to £25, 000 per year, with no loans available.

[gwensommers]

Tottenham London England
watching USA / UK folding like a pack of cards.

[jooceypaleork]

Where's all the English people lol

[ottens]

What a prune of a presenter, glad they spoke to a professor who actually understands nuance

[dcpayne]

Notice which videos the Telegraph turns comments off for. They’re stoking the culture war

[SwissOnZ]

What a heavy topic especially amidst the ongoing cultural wars. Bravo and well done.

[AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Great to see all these shots of my home city of Cambridge. I feel the tide is finally turning; and reason, sense, and ethics are returning out of the sheer madness we have been surrounded by for the past few years.

[myplaylist]

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN !, let rip through the homework we have to turn in !

[vjtkjwi]

Oh yeah cause a statue oppresses and hurts me 🙄

[FionaKumariCampbell]

Would have been good to interview the director of RC AdvancedHE