A university removed a play which refers to sexual assault from an undergraduate literature module following Sarah Everard’s murder, a vice-chancellor told MPs yesterday.
Miss Julie, written in 1888 by August Strindberg, was 'permanently withdrawn' by The University of Sussex due to its discussion of suicide – a decision made after students complained about the potential 'psychological' and 'emotional effects' of the material.
Sarah was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens in March last year.
It comes after University bosses were accused of patronising and 'mollycoddling' students when more than 1,000 texts were slapped with trigger warnings or removed from reading lists due to their 'challenging' content.
