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Higher education regulator apologises for imposing £585,000 fine on university
(www.theguardian.com)
The OfS investigation began after Stock’s resignation from Sussex in 2021, following campus protests for her views on transgender rights and gender identity.
Took until the very last line of the article to find out what the case was about.
Her opposition to transgender rights and gender identity[3] have become a contentious issue.[4][5][6][7] In December 2020, she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of services to higher education,[8][9] a decision criticised by a group of over 600 academic philosophers who argued that Stock's "harmful rhetoric" contributed to the marginalisation of transgender people.[10][11] In October 2021, she resigned from the University of Sussex.[12] This came after a student campaign called for her dismissal and the university trade union accused the university of "institutional transphobia".[13][14] A group of over 200 academic philosophers from the UK signed an open letter in support of Stock's academic freedom.