Oxford students to be offered ‘welfare resources’ during Kathleen Stock talk

The Oxford University LGBTQ+ society is due to stage a protest outside the talk by the academic over her views on gender identity.

Professor Kathleen Stock after being made an OBE (Victoria Jones/PA) (PA Archive)

The Oxford Union will offer “welfare resources” to students attending a talk by feminist Kathleen Stock which is expected to cover “sensitive” topics.

Professor Stock, who quit her job as a lecturer at the University of Sussex after being targeted by activists over her views on gender identity, is due to speak at the 200-year-old debating society later this month.

Her planned appearance at the Oxford Union has sparked anger among some student groups who have called for her invitation to be rescinded – and a protest is due to be held outside the society’s building on the day of the talk.