Rejected petition Ban educational discrimination against lawful opinions some find objectionable.

"Cambridge University has rescinded its offer of a visiting fellowship to Jordan Peterson, the self-styled “professor against political correctness, after a backlash from faculty and students." (Guardian) Dr Pertersen was originally invited to speak then refused when students and staff objected.

More details

This is already a matter of concern to the Government. Rankings of University rankings on freedom of speech may be found at: https://media.spiked-online.com/website/images/2019/02/21153835/FSUR-PACK-2018.pdf In the Petersen case the University claimed "[Cambridge] is an inclusive environment and we expect all our staff and visitors to uphold our principles. There is no place here for anyone who cannot." Petersen has never said anything illegal or unethical. This is a worrying trend nationally.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

It is the responsibility of universities to decide who to invite to speak and not the UK Government or Parliament.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 21 March 2019
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.