UUK gender segregation case study withdrawn

By Jack Grove. A controversial case study that aimed to help guide universities on gender segregation at events featuring Islamic speakers has been withdrawn after David Cameron waded into the row over Universities UK’s advice. The prime minister said universities should not be able to separate men and women at the request of guest speakers, a Downing Street spokesman said on 13 December. His comments came amid growing criticism of legal advice issued by UUK last month, which says a speaker’s right to religious expression may be violated if a request to segregate an audience is not allowed for in some way. Read more...