At least 10 UK universities have removed books from course study lists or made text optional to protect students from 'challenging' content was revealed in the survey.
According to The Times Colson Whitehead's novel The Underground Railroadwon 2017 Pulitzer Did. Fiction Award has been "permanently removed" from the University of Essex reading list due to concerns over its graphic portrayal of slavery.
Other texts of interest include Swedish author August Strindberg's 1888 play Miss Julie, which is about suicide. has been removed from the Sussex University undergraduate literature module because it contains a discussion of
These two colleges "are believed to be the first in the UK to wipe out books entirely," said The Telegraph.
"Another eight of his institutions, including Russell Group members Warwick, Exeter and Glasgow, have made text optional to protect student well-being," reports The Times. increase.
The paper sent approximately 300 Freedom of Information Requests to officials at universities across the UK, generating 1,081 trigger warnings{81 A course that revealed examples of } throughout the faculty. Influential British writers such as William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, and Charles Dickens "among works deemed so concerning as to warrant warning
A study found that students were given a trigger warning before studying the Bible for "shocking sexual violence," and that Oliver It was also found that Twistwas given for "child abuse."
"Student spoiling." "We should stop before we go any further," The Times said in a reader yesterday. "Pampering students is not part of the ethos of education." 33}
The paper describes the trigger warning as a ``corruption phenomenon'', stating that ``students who are offended by the content of a set book, , are polite but determined to protect their sensibilities. If they have to, the Academy is not the place for them.”
A series of celebrities have also spoken out against censorship of books.
"This is pretty scary," tweeted broadcaster Mariella Frostrup following the findings. Burn it?” Mail on Sunday columnist and Twitter userDan Hodgessaid, “How could such a ban be possible in UK universities in 2022? Is there?" he asked.
Trevor Phillips, chair of the Index on Censorship, said retracting sentences over accounts of slavery was "brazen, patronizing and deeply racist." . Tory leader candidate Liz Truss agreed that universities "shouldn't spoil their students like this."
``Inclusive environments''
On the other side of the debate, historian Caroline Dodds-Pennock called the Times ``embarrassing'' accused of exaggeration. situation in British universities. "Two. College removed two of her books. Nationwide," she tweeted.
Liam Thorp, Liverpool's Echo political editor, was equally scathing. “Britain prepares for potential blackouts, soaring poverty and suffering – The Times thinks a few books no longer taught at some universities will be the main topic of the day '' Thorpe tweeted.
In response, a university spokesperson told the local paper The Press and Journal: in an inclusive and collaborative environment”.
The "Content Warning Guidelines" were "developed in collaboration with student representatives," and students "expressed admiration for our approach," the spokesperson added.
