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Your article "Is it right to refuse to teach a racist?" ( THES , June 6) began with a description of a lecture at Salford University that is inaccurate. The first-year lecture on contemporary rightwing extremism in western Europe was uneventful - there was no evidence of any boycott request.

The article makes reference to airing "political views" in seminars. It would be odd if politics seminars did not provide a forum for an exchange of views. Any such exchange, however, will take place in the context of Salford's policies on equality and diversity.

Brian J. Longhurst
Head, School of English, Sociology and Contemporary History
University of Salford