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For the first - http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/dec/12/universities-uk-legal-gender-segregation-equality-human-rights http://www.theguardian.com/educa

• vertex-four 10y ago
  So Universities UK is not a student union or association - its members are the executive heads of universities. It's very much a political group on the other side from student unions. In response to the report you mention, "the National Union of Students has stopped short of full condemnation but said it does not endorse “enforced segregation” and would take steps to prevent it taking place." I would agree that segregated housing is ridiculous - I'd happily argue against it, although my subset of the community rarely puts me in contact with people who'd argue for it - although the article mixes that in with safe spaces, which is a separate issue. (I'd also generally disagree with the concept of a permanent physical safe space - a weekly group meeting or similar is a better way to achieve that as a general rule.) Unfortunately, there's a whole lot of us who'll argue for a whole lot of different things and irritatingly, it's usually the most extreme on any given viewpoint who get the news. I'm sure that within your communities, you suffer from the same issues.