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A<\/span> group of hard-left academics has been accused of stifling free speech on university campuses by plotting a witch-hunt against colleagues on gender identity.<\/p>\n University and College Union (UCU) members pledged to compile a list of university backroom staff suspected of holding gender-critical beliefs, the minutes from a meeting leaked to The Times<\/i> reveal.<\/p>\n The plan was to use this information to \u201cinform\u201d UCU university branches of their colleagues\u2019 views, accusing them of being \u201ctransphobes\u201d and \u201cgender-critical activists\u201d.<\/p>\n Academics said members of UCU, the lecturers\u2019 union that represents more than 120,000 academics on UK campuses, were amplifying attacks on gender-critical feminists, with those speaking about sex-based rights compared to Holocaust deniers.<\/p>\n The findings come amid concern that British universities are damaging their reputations by restricting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n