296:. Only one valid nomination was received for an election to this position, resulting in Fanshawe being named as Rector uncontested. Fanshawe's appointment has been criticised by the University's Staff Pride Network, a network of LGBT+ staff and post-graduate research students and allies, who have called for his removal from the position and for a new election to be called. Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom supported his appointment, saying he was appointed "following due process and according to rules that are clearly set out on the University's website" and was "the perfect person for the role". On 21 February the Trans and Non-Binary Liberation Officer at the University’s Student Association, Robyn Woof, resigned from her positions within the Association and on the University's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, citing Fanshawe's appointment as one of several reasons for her resignation.
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