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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Open university academic wins tribunal case over gender critical views - The Untold Story

Prof Jo Phoenix, a criminologist at the Open University
Prof Jo Phoenix, a criminologist at the Open University, was also found to have suffered victimisation and direct discrimination. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

A professor of criminology, who was compared with “a racist uncle at the Christmas table” because of her gender critical beliefs, has won an unfair dismissal claim against the Open University.

Prof Jo Phoenix, a lesbian who set up the Gender Critical Research Network (GCRN) at the OU, was also found to have suffered victimisation and harassment, as well as direct discrimination.

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