‘Unlawful’ OfS ruling against University of Sussex should be quashed, court told

Judicial review begins in high court over watchdog's freedom of speech ruling that resulted in 585,000 fine

A ruling by an education watchdog that led to the University of Sussex being hit with a record 585,000 fine should be quashed as unlawful", unreasonable" and procedurally unfair", a court has heard.

In a judicial review hearing before the high court in London on Tuesday, the university claimed it had suffered severe" consequences as a result of the landmark decision last March by England's higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS).