New photo Snowflake students can now skip exam topics they find ‘upsetting’ and don’t have to give a reason

UNI students distressed by topics taught in lectures will not have to write essays or answer exam questions they find upsetting.

Staff at a top university have been told not to put ‘disturbing’ questions to snowflake students and to offer softer options in case they are ‘triggered’.

Students at Sheffield University don’t have to sit exams that pose questions they find upsetting

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Instead, they are warned “it should not be necessary for students to explain their back story” to have the option of a safer topic.

The list of “sensitive and controversial issues” in the Sheffield University guidance includes race, gender identity, politics, incest and abortion.

Sheffield’s move follows advice to staff at Newcastle University that students upset by material in exams could get resits or exemptions to make sure they aren’t disadvantaged.

Critics said exams should not be up for negotiation because it could lead students to anticipate being traumatised by material.

The university said it will provide them with softer options in case they get ‘triggered’

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Professors already give “trigger warnings” when using images from video games, war photographs and depictions about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ or when organising discussions about underage sex, homelessness and religion.

Sheffield students complained last year of being “distressed and anxious” and “in tears” after sensitive material was covered in their English literature studies.

The mental health society, part of the students’ union, raised concerns about the discussion of sexual abuse in a module on Restoration literature and said “disturbing material had arisen in other modules”.

Reading lists for the degree include Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, which features violence, rape and racism.

Professors already give ‘trigger warnings’ when using images from video games, war photographs and depictions about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

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The students’ letter argued students should not have to “put their own mental health at risk to receive an education”.

A separate email claimed that “one girl left crying and later had a panic attack”.

Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at Kent University, warned that to label content as potentially dangerous “cultivates the sense of fragility of students”.

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He added: “This focus on the possible emotional response of a student loses sight of the centrality of the course.”

Sheffield University told Sun Online: “The University provides guidance to staff on teaching sensitive topics and departmental tutors advise students of potentially distressing subject matter as and when appropriate.”

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