 debates over workplace and university trainings in “equality, diversity and inclusion”;  debates over the proper role of schools and universities in a democratic society." 9. In the GoA (A110) the Appellant provided his submissions as to “why all this matters”. He referred for example to freedom of expression, academic freedom, UoE’s charter, the Education (No 2) Act 1986, the role of the Office for Students and the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. He said (from A110):“But having these laws on the books in no way guarantees that the freedom of expression and academic freedom will be preserved in real life. Powerful forces, on both extremes of the political spectrum, today militate against free debate; and the unfortunate Events at the University of Essex show incontrovertibly that those illiberal forces can be successful in attaining their goals of shutting down speakers that they dislike, even (or especially) at universities. Parliament is now debating whether new laws are needed to strengthen the protection of free speech at universities and elsewhere, and many people around the country are involved in this debate...But one key input to this debate is missing: hard evidence concerning the dynamics of violations of freedom of expression. The Facts and Evidence section of the Reindorf Report would provide crucial information of this kind. There is a very powerful public interest in making the Facts and Evidence section of the Reindorf Report available to Parliament and to the public” 10. We accept that the Appellant was raising issues of considerable interest for many. However it is important to record that the role of the FtT, when considering an Appeal against the IC’s conclusions in a DN, is limited to the jurisdiction provided in section 58 FOIA. This is to consider whether the DN is not in accordance with the law or to the extent that the DN involved an exercise of discretion by the IC if he should have exercised his discretion differently. Evidence and matters considered 11. A considerable amount of attention has been given to this Appeal by the parties and there was a considerable amount of material provided to us across a broad range of legal and factual issues. A summary of the open information provided to and considered by the Tribunal is in the appendix to this Decision. Open Bundle 12. For the Appeal the Tribunal had the Bundle and a substantial number of additional items provided but not included in the Bundle. The Tribunal was 5

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