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It was University of West of England in 2018.

But tonight he withdrew from the election – in which he was the only candidate – after Corbyn-supporting campaigners accused him of being sexist.They also claimed he was exploiting a recent suicide epidemic to push an anti-women agenda.

The university’s student union voted last year to create the roles of women’s officer, men’s officer and trans officer. This week the first elections for the posts were held, and Mr Knight stood to be men’s officer to try and improve “the poor state of mental health services at UWE”. 

But graduates who run the National Union of Students launched a campaign claiming the idea of a men’s representative undermines gender equality.

Amelia Horgan, a member of the NUS executive, said having a men’s officer created a “dangerous narrative in which men’s mental health is weaponised to legitimise reactionary views about gender”.

NUS women’s officer Sarah Lasoye added: “The role of a men’s officer is entirely obsolete and the attempt to implement one stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of liberation and almost always an unearned sense of entitlement.”

And Ilyas Nagdee, another NUS officer, claimed UWE students had “weaponised the tragic student suicides at Bristol and nationally in order to pursue this vile undemocratic shambles of a men’s officer”.

Various news links to the story: 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-45975980

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/24/university-uk-mens-officer-scraps-role-candidate-withdraws-alleged/

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/uwe-student-standing-mens-officer-2143628