Woke alerts on books like Harry Potter risk ruining unis’ reputations, minister will warn

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WOKE alerts on books like Harry Potter risk ruining unis’ reputations, a minister will warn.

Michelle Donelan will instead urge vice chancellors to protect freedom of speech.

Earlier this year, Chester Uni put a trigger warning on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Students were told JK Rowling’s kids’ book could raise ‘difficult conversations about gender, race, sexuality, class and identity’
UK Universities Minister Michelle Donelan will instead urge vice chancellors to protect freedom of speech

And she will slam bosses for letting “respectable professors” be “harangued and hounded” out of their jobs by firebrand students.

The UK Universities Minister will address a Policy Exchange event in London on Tuesday.

Earlier this year, Chester Uni put a trigger warning on JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. 

Students were told the kids’ book could raise “difficult conversations about gender, race, sexuality, class and identity”.

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