Universities are not Marxist The conspiracy theory that universities are hard-left institutions which indoctrinate their students into becoming hardened Marxists is prevalent in certain right-wing spheres. There are some embarrassing posts recently being made by TurningPointUK about lecturers trying to brainwash their students on campus and marking them down if they refuse to adopt their views. It reminded me about this long-standing theory, so here I am to demolish it. Let’s try to see if this theory has any merit and play fairly. It is true that most universities (at least in the UK, which is what I know most about personally) put on a show of being invested in diversity issues, such as LGBT rights, feminism, race and supporting more representation of traditionally excluded groups. Whether this is just rhetoric or something they actually deliver on is a matter of debate. It is also true that most lecturers I know are strongly in favour of remain and were against Brexit. N
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