Part of Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:30 pm ar 20 Medi 2021.
Going back to the evidence, one of the points made by the OIA is that
“if a student isn’t fully informed or does not understand”— bearing in mind its previous point about vulnerable students—
“all the consequences of their choice, the decision they make may not be the most beneficial for their particular circumstances.”
The evidence points out that people rarely make a complaint relating just to freedom of speech; rather, it often involves many other different aspects, which the director of freedom of speech would not be able to address. This is a highly complex and difficult procedure for an individual student to be able to understand and navigate, and I am not sure that written guidance from the Office for Students would fully address that.