Saying ‘the most qualified person should get the job’ is a microaggression, Britain’s top universities insist

Leading British universities have warned staff and students that saying “the most qualified person should get the job” is a microaggression.

Russell Group universities, including the University of Glasgow, have published guidelines and even run training courses to educate people on how to eliminate microaggressions.

The Scottish university’s guidance along with the engineering department at Imperial College London insisted that using the phrase was discriminatory.

The University of Glasgow’s guidance is the latest advice in its anti-racism campaign and the university explained that the phrase ignored the idea that race plays a role in success in life.

Top universities said other examples of microaggressions, subtle or thinly veiled everyday forms of discrimination, could include telling people that “everyone can be successful if they work hard enough.”

The university suggested that the statement meant that some people only got their jobs to check a box or meet a quota.

Other examples of microaggressions included the use of phrases such as “men and women have equal opportunities for achievement” and “affirmative action is racist.”

Newcastle University warned students and staff against responding to discussions of police brutality by saying “police kill white people too”. The Telegraph reported.

These recent statements and guidance were revealed by the Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF), a group of academics concerned about the erosion of free speech on campus.

Dr. Edward Skidelsky, professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter and director of CAF, was alarmed by these statements and expressed fear about the lack of freedom of expression on university campuses.

He said: ‘By campaigning against questioning and denial, these universities are advocating an uncritical acceptance of statements in the various undefined areas to which they refer.

“The effect, once again, is to undermine the culture of free inquiry.”

chris McGovern, president of the Campaign for a Real Education, said: “It would appear that the woke virus has infected universities in a major way.” He is cowardly. Universities are supposed to show their intelligence and reason and they are disapplying their intelligence and reason to pursue the woke agenda.’

Chris McGovern, president of the Campaign for a Real Education, said: “It would appear that the woke virus has infected universities in a major way.”

‘It’s cowardice. Universities are supposed to show their intelligence and reason and they are disapplying their intelligence and reason to pursue the woke agenda.’

Universities were contacted for comment.

This latest move by leading UK universities follows the revelation that more than half of British universities are peddling controversial and radical “woke” ideologies to students, according to a damning ranking.

Some of the country’s most prestigious institutions are “poisoning the minds of generations to come,” critics said last night, by subjecting college students and academics to “warnings” and guidance about “white privilege.”

Elite Russell Group universities dominate the table, accounting for eight of the top ten spots. Cambridge and Oxford come first and second, having introduced “unconscious bias” and race workshops for first-year students, followed by the University of Bristol, which has banned words such as “humanity” to avoid causing offence.

The findings were branded “disturbing” by free speech campaigners and MPs, who say a “dark shadow” of political correctness has now fallen over our most sought-after universities.

Compiled by Dr. Richard Norrie, a researcher at the Civitas think tank, the table revealed that 62 percent of 137 universities received funding to reference trigger warnings and 79 institutions mentioned “white privilege” in guidance for the staff and students.