The public research university is said to be the second-largest university in the UK by total enrolment and the largest by postgraduate enrolment. Michelle Shipworth claims she was removed from an academic module on data from the Global Slavery Index because of concerns she was ‘anti-Chinese’. These led to Mr Strachan taking action against her because the university needed to “retain a good reputation among future Chinese applicants”, the report said. Mr Strachan has said Shipworth had been accused of “being biased against students from a single country – China”. UCL has more than 15,000 Chinese students and 400 staff from mainland China, and fees can be as much as £40,000 a year, compared to the annual UK cap at around £9,250, the report said.

Source: Daily Mail March 11, 2024 09:40 UTC