KCL student activists demand an explanation from the University after being locked out of the building.
Students from Kings College London University yesterday claimed they were locked out of their campus because of their ‘political views’ during a visit by the Queen and the Duchess of Cambridge.
Student activists said they were barred from because they were deemed a “security threat.” These students have accused their university of discrimination after their ID cards were cancelled. Some said they were told by university staff not to be allowed to access KCL’s buildings, libraries and cafes on Tuesday morning.
The Queen and the Duchess were opening a wing of the college at Bush House, the former headquarters of the BBC World Service.
The student activists were Pro-Palestine and had just taken part in a protest for Justice for Cleaners and needed access into the building in order to take their exams. Shortly after realising their ID cards was not working, they took to Twitter to share their outrage.
Since then, the students and students bodies have written a joint letter to university authorities demanding an explanation. The letter alleges that student names ‘were passed onto the Metropolitan Police by KCL Security with no ‘evidence of law breaking.’
It adds: “None of the students subject to this exclusion have any record of university misconduct.”
“Such profiling of students is based on the political viewpoints and racial and national identities of students, and violates the commitment of KCL to providing a safe and inclusive academic community and campus for all.”
The group said “the racialised and gendered securitisation of campus cannot be ignored.”
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