Cambridge students are being forced to undergo “inclusivity training”. At least one Cambridge college is requiring students to attend training delivered by Stop Hate UK. The group has posted a video on social media saying students should always display “positive attitudes” and “use respectful and kind language that will not cause harm or offence”. Shockingly, the training syllabus for educational settings tells students that their free speech rights may be “restricted by other duties, responsibilities, and legislative and contractual obligations”. It also teaches them how “opinions, attitudes and prejudice are influenced and shaped by unconscious bias, media bias, fake news, etc”. This is yet another example of the intellectual decline of the University of Cambridge and its blatant disregard for students’ free speech rights on campus. Stop Hate UK has also described “Islamophobia” as a “crime”. The UK has no blasphemy laws, and this shows how activist organisations have been emboldened by the new non-statutory “anti-Muslim hostility” definition to stifle criticism, debate and challenge of Islam. In an email seen by The Spectator, the education and tutorial office at Caius College told students that attendance was mandatory. The course would cover, among other things, “demonstrating inclusive behaviours” and “recognition of a hate incident and its impact”. The use of the term “hate incident”, rather than “hate crime”, is alarming. It suggests that behaviour falling well below the legal threshold could still be sanctioned. This is particularly concerning given that the Home Secretary has spoken about scrapping non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) in their current form. The training also appears to be coercive. As Andrew Gilligan asks: “How will students be required to ‘demonstrate’ that their behaviour is ‘inclusive’?” Stop Hate UK has told students that hate incidents can include “abusive gestures” or “malicious complaints about parking”. It also warns of “microaggressions” and “micro-inequalities”, including “unintentional comments” and “unconscious messages” that “devalue and discourage people”—conveyed through facial expressions, gestures, tone of voice and choice of words. Stop Hate UK has described truthful media reporting about the Muslim grooming gangs scandal as hateful, claiming it “leads to the formation of Anti-Muslim attitudes, subconscious biases and hate”. It then cites its work with the Muslim Council of Britain, an organisation successive governments have had a policy of non-engagement with since 2009. It is truly shocking. What on earth is Cambridge playing at? Read more below in @spectator 👇