University staff should not use the term 'trigger warning' as it may 'alarm' students, according to new guidance
The guidance states that content notes "enable students to take the necessary steps to engage safely and with minimal psychological distress".
The advice is not prescriptive, but staff are urged to follow it to make campus an "inclusive environment". The handbook says the warnings should be included at appropriate points on reading lists, in course handbooks, in emails before lectures, during exams and verbally during classes.The university has been accused of discouraging discussion about important subjects.
Prof Arif Ahmed, a reader in philosophy at Cambridge, told The Telegraph students should be prepared to "encounter speech that you find profoundly shocking, disturbing or offensive".Dr James Orr, an assistant professor of philosophy of religion at the university, also hit out at the guidance, saying it came close to "coddling students".
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