Students at Glasgow University are warned they could be offended or traumatised by sexual themes that run through the Bard’s poems.University staff “issue content advice where it seems applicable to difficult circumstances that might affect students”, according to details revealed in a freedom of information response.But last night a spokesman for social policy charity CARE for Scotland said it “points to an increasingly censorious, hyper-sensitive atmosphere on university campuses”.
“Whilst some very graphic materials may merit a caution, wrapping students up in cotton wool and teaching them to avoid all potentially ‘triggering’ materials will undermine, not enhance, their education.
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