Students ‘are segregated by hate preachers’

Radical preachers spoke at nearly 200 events at universities including Cardiff and University College London over the last year.

Research found that segregated seating for men and women was promoted or implied at more than a quarter of the events despite university rules forbidding it.

Student Rights, which was set up to tackle extremism on campuses and carried out the research, said universities were failing to provide students with work and study environments that are free from discrimination and harassment.

In its study of events promoted to students by union-affiliated societies between March 2012 and March 2013, Student Rights found 180 that featured “speakers with a history of extreme or intolerant views”.