
The radical progressive university guide
Think tank: Civitas
Author(s): Dr Richard Norrie
January 16, 2023
This report from UK think tank Civitas sets out to quantify the extent of ‘radical progressive’ policies at British Universities.
The Radical Progressive University Guide sets out to quantify the extent of ‘radical progressive’ policies at British Universities, including their curbs on free speech. Dr Richard Norrie (director of the statistics and policy research programme) uses evidence from media reports and university websites to compile a new ‘radical progressive’ league table of Britain’s 140 universities based on a series of measures such as declared use of ‘trigger warnings’, the promotion of controversial concepts, such as ‘white privilege’, and requiring students to demonstrate they are ‘anti-racist’. These controversial concepts often have their roots in ‘Marxist’ ideology, according to Norrie. The ‘Radical Progressive University Guide’ found that: 87 out of 140 universities had references to trigger warnings, or content warnings, or ‘content notes’ – 62 per cent. 79 out of 140 universities had mentions of ‘white privilege’ in guidance offered to staff and students or on their websites – 56 per cent. 82 out of 140 universities offered materials, training or resources on ‘anti-racism’ on their websites – 59 per cent.