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<p>Both the Department for Education (DfE) and Office for Students (OfS) were made
aware of the decision to defer the planned speech by the Israeli Ambassador. The DfE’s
Further Education/Higher Education coordinator has been in contact with the institution.</p><p>Freedom
of speech is a crucial element of higher education and government and OfS are committed
to championing it and to promoting open debate and challenge. Universities are autonomous
bodies and are responsible for taking their own decisions around how to manage events
and mitigate risks; handling of individual cases is not dictated by government or
by the OfS. The OfS has powers to intervene if providers are not following their own
free speech codes of practice</p>
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