STUDENTS enrolled at British universities have admitted to being
concerned about “Brexit bias”, it has been reported.
Some students have also admitted to self-censoring their views in
academic work in a bid to pander to the pro-Remain opinions of lecturers,
according to the Sunday Telegraph.
William Bates, a politics and international relations student at the
University of the West of England (UWE), even claimed to have noticed a
difference in marks after deliberately submitting essays with a left-wing
slant.
He added: “Our essays are often marked based on how receptive lecturers
are to your arguments.
“You can take a left-wing of centrist stance, but you’d be mad to write
anything eurosceptic.”
UWE has said it was “very surprised” by the allegations and that it would
“never expect” students to “self-censor assignments”.
A spokesman for UWE said: “The university advocates freedom of opinion.
All assignments are marked on academic merit.”
In addition, Jamie Hollywood, a PPE student at Goldsmiths, University of
London, said: “I have experienced incredible Brexit bias.
“In my first lecture in philosophy, the lecturer, who is European, told
the class that Brexit was a nationalist enterprise.
“He also said that he would be kicked out of the country, which was
clearly inappropriate – and absurd.
