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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sally Weale Education correspondent

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Number of students flagged for extremist views rises by half | History Defined

University graduates
Two hundred and ten Prevent cases were escalated in the higher education sector in 2022-23, the latest figures available, and 139 cases two years earlier. Photograph: Prasit Rodphan/Alamy

The number of university students flagged under the government’s Prevent counter-extremism programme has gone up by 50% in two years, with “mixed, unclear or unstable” (MUU) ideologies showing the biggest increase, according to new figures.

The latest Prevent monitoring data, published by the higher education regulator for England, the Office for Students, shows students characterised as having MUU extremist ideologies now make up the largest category.

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