After Professor Kathleen Stock’s resignation amid high-profile transgender issues, the Independent Regulator of Higher Education is going to investigate University of Sussex.
The Office for Students will conduct an investigation to determine if the institution, which is 60 years old, has met its obligations on academic freedom.
After receiving death threats from her family, Professor Stock (48) announced her resignation. This ended the 2-month-long drama that saw her being called a “transphobe” by angry students calling for her firing.
Posters put up in the tunnel from Falmer station to the university’s campus earlier this month said she ‘makes trans students unsafe’ and ‘we’re not paying £9,250 a year for transphobia’.
After 18 years of service at University of Sussex, she is set to now join an American university that allows freedom of expression.
Now, her case will be heard by the House of Lords. The university watchdog opened an inquiry into Professor Stock’s conduct during the course of her gender row.

Kathleen Stock (48), announced her resignation from the university two weeks ago. She had received death threats. This ended the 2-month-long saga in which she was called a “transphobe” by angry students, who demanded her be fired.
Adam Tickell was the Vice-Chancellor at University. He strongly defends her untrammelled right to say what she thinks. More than 200 scholars from other universities also signed a petition calling for an end to abuses by “trans activist bullies”.
He stated that Professor Stock made “vital” contributions to philosophy, and that any ‘intolerance directed towards her would always be in direct opposition to basic principles of academia.
“I want to emphasize that discriminating against anyone on the basis of sexual orientation or philosophical beliefs is illegal.” His departure is a loss for all of us,’ he said.
Baroness Barran (education minister) in the House of Lords told peers on Tuesday, ‘The Office for Students decided to open an inquiry into whether or not the University of Sussex fulfilled its obligations regarding academic freedom, freedom of speech, and academic freedom.
“No academic should be afraid for their safety because they are expressing legal views.”
Lord Hunt, Labour peer and author, added that “Other academics from many other universities face similar abuse, particularly for basically gender critic views.”
“No matter how much legislation you may have, it is important to believe in the ability of our universities to defend their academic integrity.
Professor Stock expressed her appreciation to the Lords last night for raising this matter on behalf academic women, as well as non-academics. She was able to freely discuss views regarding sex and gender without fear or intimidation.

A watchdog called the Office for Students is now going to investigate whether the institution, which dates back 60 years old, has fulfilled its obligations on academic freedom. Pictured: Students protest Prof Stock during a #StockOut demonstration in Brighton
UnHerd interviewed Prof Stock to find out the extent of The trans-rights activists’ ferocious harassment campaign she was subject to included an aggressive campaign of harassment.
She remembered: They were setting off flares. Later, they took another picture of the man wearing a black balaclava. It looked exactly like [a member of the violent Left-wing anarchist group] Antifa.
The imagery is clearly intimidating. He held a huge banner that said ‘Stock Out’ and set off blue flares. These are colours used on the transgender flag.
“I ran to the station and got the train back, but I was too emotional to continue teaching Zoom. My dear students told me that they were having a hard day, so they allowed me to go.”
“It was an end to the intimidation campaign that I used against my job.”
Professor Stock claimed that a union branch had ‘effectively’ ended her career, after calling on her employer for a strong stance against transphobia.
According to the University and College Union, Sussex’s branch of UCU released a statement stating that trans and non-binary students should now receive the University’s unwavering support.
Although Ms. Stock insists that she does not consider herself a transphobe in the past, attention has increased since Material Girls was published in May.
She’s written extensively on sex and gender identity, arguing that womenhood and menhood reflect biological sexuality and not gender and identity.
Ms. Stock claims that trans women do not exist; sexual orientation can be determined not by gender identity but rather, same-sex attraction.