Free speech complaints
Universities and colleges in England have a duty to take reasonably practicable steps to secure freedom of speech within the law. These pages outline how to raise a complaint if you think an institution has failed in that duty.
The free speech complaints scheme covers higher education providers registered with the Office for Students (OfS), and their constituent institutions.
It reviews complaints about free speech from staff, applicants for academic posts, visiting speakers and non-student members.
We cannot intervene or judge general complaints between a student or individual and a university, but there are other routes for students to raise complaints.
Find out more about general complaints about a university or college
This guide provides an overview of our free speech complaints scheme. For full details, please read the complaints scheme rules.
Sections in this guide
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