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Samizdata quote of the day – the frantic dash to lock in Leftism before Reform can reverse it The instructions? “Focus on ideas, not grammar.” Reward “the use of culture, language and identity.” Embrace “linguistic diversity.” Decolonise the curriculum. “Validate diverse knowledge systems and lived experiences.” Reduce essay word counts to ease “stress.” Ditch proper exams. Let students pick formats that suit their precious “identity.”
This isn’t assessment reform. It’s compulsory brainwashing with a marking sheet. The university’s own Quality Assurance Handbook makes the ideological capture explicit: everything must align with King’s Strategic Vision 2029, embedding EDI, sustainability and “inclusivity” as non-negotiable from day one. One anonymous KCL academic told the Mail students will soon be able to challenge grades on the grounds their “culture and identity” wasn’t sufficiently validated. Fantastic. Nothing screams “world-class education” like turning every essay into a victimhood Olympics where clarity is penalised and grievance is gold.
– Gawain Towler
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If Reform does form the next government – and never forget that the establishment blob will use every dirty trick in the book to prevent that – then it needs to mercilessly destroy a major university that’s gone woke as a warning to the rest. KCL would do as well as any other. Remove its power to award degrees, make its students ineligible for student loans, ban its staff from receiving any form of government grants, revoke visas for its foreign students, and drive it out of business. Like a new Sheriff in a corrupt and lawless town, a Reform government must be absolutely uncompromising in asserting its authority from day one.