Departing Selwyn College head warns of ideological conformity at Cambridge

Departing Selwyn College head warns of ideological conformity at Cambridge

Roger Mosey, the outgoing Master of Selwyn College, has warned that Cambridge University is suffering from a culture of “ideological conformity”, with growing numbers of academics afraid to express views that depart from progressive orthodoxy. Writing for The Telegraph ahead of his retirement this September, Mosey – a former Editorial Director at the BBC – describes his 12-year tenure as “a chilling decade on the front line of the University’s c…