A university lecturer who was sacked after using a homophobic slur, referring to women in his class as ‘females’ and calling one student a ‘troublesome trans kid’ has lost a fight against his dismissal.
Film-maker Russell Cherrington was working as a senior film studies lecturer at the University of Derby in 2023 when four students complained about his ‘misogynistic’, ‘transphobic’ and ‘divisive’ language during some classes.
He has now failed at his bid at an employment tribunal to argue that he was unfairly dismissed.
Staff at Derby university were first alerted to concerns about the lecturer following the annual National Student Survey, which
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