Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender

New report exposes campaign to silence gender-critical academics Gender-critical academics have for the past decade found life very difficult on campus. The Sullivan Review, published yesterday, is a painstaking account of the experiences of academics who were…

A new report details the grim censorship and bullying faced by gender-critical academics. Hopefully this is finally taken seriously by the higher education establishment | Jo Phoenix
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Universities ‘failing to protect gender-critical staff’, report finds - Research Professional News Alice Sullivan warns high-profile cases are the “tip of the iceberg”

Universities ‘failing to protect gender-critical staff’, report finds.

Universities have failed to protect their gender-critical staff from bullying and harassment, according to a report investigating barriers to research on sex and gender identity.

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UK universities have been 'infiltrated by woke EDI culture' - report The review, commissioned by the last Government, said academics are being 'bullied' if they dare to question transgender ideology.

'UK universities have been infiltrated by woke EDI culture that is stifling research into controversial issues like puberty blockers, major report warns' @dailymail.co.uk

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UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’

'Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex' @theguardian.com

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‘Excessive bureaucracy’ used to block ‘gender-critical’ research Research ethics and events management processes can stifle debate and restrict academic freedom, claims government-commissioned paper

'Research ethics and events management processes can stifle debate and restrict academic freedom, claims government-commissioned paper' @timeshighered.bsky.social

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Universities did not protect gender-critical academics from harassment – report It concluded that staff and students who harass researchers who have questioned the gender-identity theory should face consequences.

'Universities did not protect gender-critical academics from harassment – report' @expressandstar.com

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Bullying over gender-critical views ‘stifles academic research’ Work on issues related to sex and gender is being undermined as universities fail to protect staff from being harassed over their beliefs, a report has found

Bullying over gender-critical views ‘stifles academic research’

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The Scotsman

Universities pay a price for selling out gender critics They have created excessive bureaucratic processes which have become levers for activists seeking to stifle dissenting voices

@profalices.bsky.social column in the Times.

'Universities pay a price for selling out gender critics

They have created excessive bureaucratic processes which have become levers for activists seeking to stifle dissenting voices'

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The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today.

www.sullivanreview.uk/documents.php

Links to the full report and addendum:

www.sullivanreview.uk/documents.php

Our recommendations are not changed by the Supreme Court judgment. Rather, the judgment removes any possible uncertainty regarding the appropriate target of data collection for the purposes of equalities monitoring on the protected characteristic of sex.

The addendum has been submitted to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

We hope it will prove useful for organisations digesting the implications of the supreme court judgment for data collection.

Following the Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of "sex" in the 2010 Equality Act, we have published an addendum to our report on data and statistics on sex and gender.

This explains how the judgment dovetails with the recommendations of the review.

www.sullivanreview.uk/addendum.php

Trans rights minorities have captured Britain’s institutions Prof Alice Sullivan, author of a new report on gender and sex, talks Wes Streeting, the ideological capture of the NHS and being cancelled

My fellow data nerds will enjoy this 📈📉📊

"The quantitative data scientists may not inherit the earth, but it seems we desperately need them to make sense of it."

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Trans rights minorities have captured Britain’s institutions Prof Alice Sullivan, author of a new report on gender and sex, talks Wes Streeting, the ideological capture of the NHS and being cancelled

An interview with @profalices.bsky.social in @telegraphnews.bsky.social

"unfortunately people in a great many organisations don’t understand data collection as a discipline and have been taking advice from other people who don’t understand it either"

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Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender An independent review by Professor Alice Sullivan that looks at data, statistics and research on sex and gender.

The government commissioned 'Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender' @sullivan-review.bsky.social was published on Wednesday. Led by @profalices.bsky.social of @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social

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The absence of data on biological sex is an affront to reality The 226-page report into how official data on sex and gender is recorded, by Professor Alice Sullivan of University College London, exposes shocking gaps in public records due to confusion between

The Times @thetimes.com leader:

“There is another lesson from the Sullivan Review: never again should an unelected lobby group be allowed to ride roughshod over objective reality, and take British bureaucracy with it.”

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The Observer view on gender data: failure to accurately record biological sex harms us all | Observer editorial A report lays bare the extent of real-world detriment caused by institutions that have caved in to activist pressures

The Observer editorial on @sullivan-review.bsky.social:

"A report lays bare the extent of real-world detriment caused by institutions that have caved in to activist pressures"

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From the NHS to the police, how the obsession with gender captured the public sector Data collected by public bodies has been ‘corrupted’ as a result of conflating gender with sex, a report says, posing risks to individuals

"From the NHS to the police, how the obsession with gender captured the public sector" Jill Foster @telegraphnews.bsky.social

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Children barred from getting new trans identity with NHS Health Secretary orders doctors to stop issuing new numbers and medical records to under-18s following damning safeguarding review

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Wes Streeting bans NHS changing children's gender on medical records A review into the 'corruption' of official statistics by extreme gender ideology found there is currently no minimum age at which the record of a child's sex can be changed.

We welcome this prompt and decisive step to implement our recommendation.

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Coverage of our Review in the media today 🧵

UK data recording of biological sex causing potential risks, report finds Confusion over recording sex and gender causing problems in areas such as healthcare and safeguarding, report says Official UK data recording people’s biological sex and their gender identity is often unclear or conflated, a government-commissioned…

UK data recording of biological sex causing potential risks, report finds

Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says Author of government-ordered review says biological sex and gender have become distinct and should be recorded separately.

BBC News about our report today:

"Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says"

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Thank you. We are pleased to see this reaction to our report from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social