Universities: Safety
Lords · Question HL11305 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Deech
To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of death threats made against a professor at City St George's, what steps they are taking to protect university professors from intimidation and violence, and to hold students who engage in violent or int
Answer
Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 4 Nov 2025
The campaign against a professor at City St George’s University is unacceptable. Antisemitic abuse has no place in our lecture halls, on campus or anywhere else.Where a student has been found to be responsible for racially motivated harassment, intimidati...