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Stuart Waiton: Trigger warnings for students are a threat to tough realities of learning

Stuart Waiton: Trigger warnings for students are a threat to tough realities of learning
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Trigger warnings: Are distressing content alerts for Scottish students an act of compassion or another erosion of free speech?

by Dr Stuart Waiton and Louise Henrard April 8, 2021, 6:30 pm © Shutterstock / YanLev Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Students at Aberdeen University have voted to have trigger warnings included in lectures to alert them to topics that might cause them distress or upset. Ivana Drdáková, the association’s vice-president elect with responsibility for student welfare, said fellow students should be shielded from unwanted references to issues such as animal abuse, racism and transphobia. But the move has sparked accusations of snowflake students and concerns that free speech is being stifled.

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