Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne Holly Lawford-Smith says some universities are “co-opted” by “diversity and inclusion” instead of sticking to their core business of “knowledge production and protecting academic freedom”.
“Some universities very much co-opted by diversities and inclusion like going that route instead of sticking to their
core business of knowledge production and protecting academic freedom,” Ms Lawford-Smith told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
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