A new rule to enforce a more civil discourse on campus has been backed by the university. It’s caused alarm within.
It could become one of the most restrictive campuses in the country for peaceful protest,intellectual freedom and critical debate.
The vice chancellor’s comments come as the university faces a backlash for its proposed “civility rule”,which critics fear will hamper political expression.
New chancellor David Thodey said the university sector was under unprecedented scrutiny in politics and the media.
Calls for the resignation of University of Sydney vice chancellor Mark Scott are an amalgam of dog whistles and payback.
One of the newest members of Sydney University’s senate has publicly supported the under-fire vice chancellor.
Creating a false panic around university antisemitism runs the risk of building genuine fear in my community. Forcing the vice chancellor to resign would set a dangerous precedent.
Internal documents obtained by the Herald reveal he was “blindsided” by the Jewish community’s reaction to a deal to shut down the pro-Palestinian encampment.
The university says an external review will look at how its handles complaints after the vice chancellor said he had failed to protect Jewish students.
A former Sydney University academic has lodged a SafeWork complaint alleging the vice chancellor failed to protect Jewish students from “psychosocial harm”.