Reading lists inspected for capacity to incite violence

by E Wayne Ross on July 2, 2009

Times Higher Education: Reading lists inspected for capacity to incite violence

Institution denies that review process amounts to censorship. Melanie Newman reports

The reading lists of lecturers at the University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations are being scrutinised for material that is illegal or could incite violence.

The institution has set up a “module review committee”, made up of teaching-group heads, to advise on academics’ teaching material.