Universities will be allowed to host extremist speakers – within limits

External speakers at campuses must share platform with opponents under compromise on government’s Prevent counter-extremism strategy University campus meetings which give a platform to extremist speakers will only be allowed to go ahead if they are to be directly challenged by somebody with opposing views at the same event, under compromise counter-extremism proposals agreed by the government.The new redrawn statutory duty on universities to prevent staff and students being drawn into terroris