Kelsey Wilson reports for the University of Nottingham’s Impact magazine on how British students were told not to attend a talk by David Cameron at the university’s Malaysian campus in case they mentioned tuition fees:

…Rebecca McKeown, 19, from Northern Ireland and Alistair Johnston, 21, from the Isle of Man are both studying full time three year degrees in International Relations and were singled out and restricted from full participation in the event. Both Rebecca and Alistair were originally invited to the talk about the Global Movement of Moderates by a group email sent from the University. Yet when classmates received confirmation of seats and further information, Rebecca was neglected from further communication and left confused.

Alistair says, “I was initially told I did have a seat, however, I was spoken to just before the event by the Dean of Social Sciences at the Malaysia campus who informed me that the British government didn’t want me at the talk due to my potential perspective concerning tuition fees in the UK.”…

…In order to allow Alistair and Rebecca to attend the event, another Professor asked the pair to keep a low profile and requested that they didn’t ask questions regarding any matter. “We were kindly allowed access to the talk by my Professor, who agreed it was very beneficial for my course,” says Rebecca.

However, during the event Rebecca and Alistair felt discriminated against, especially when Alistair was asked to move seats. “I was sat at the front but my presence was deemed controversial by government officials and I was asked by a professor to move further back from the front to avoid my being there less obvious,” he says…

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