University sues over trans row £500k fine

A UNIVERSITY is suing the higher education regulator over its record £585,000 fine for infringing lawful free speech.

- BY CALLUM PARKE

The punishment came after student protests forced Professor Kathleen Stock to resign from the University of Sussex after they accused her of transphobia.

That sparked a probe by the Office for Students lasting more than three years before it ruled the university had breached conditions of registration through its trans and non-binary equality policy statement.