There's an interesting link in the story to something out of the university I attended (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/03/student-accused-o...) that I think sums these issues up:

According to the association’s rules, student council meetings should be held in a “safe space environment”…This includes “refraining from hand gestures which denote disagreement”, or “in any other way indicating disagreement with a point or points being made”.*

That's just utterly baffling to me. I don't understand how any form of real debate can be had when participants are subject to being excluded for actions like, say, shaking their head in disagreement.

This entire issue seems to reek of a desire to stifle debate under the weight of bureaucracy, to save having to consider complex issues. Naturally, this will involve the kind of selective enforcement of rules that is such a hallmark of corrupt legal systems worldwide. I like to think that there will be enough rebellion against this from inside student bodies that we'll reach a more sensible compromise, but who knows?