Adam Habib apologises for causing offence in meeting, adding ‘context matters’

Students at Soas University of London have called for its director to resign after a meeting where he used the N-word in response to a question about lecturers using the term in class.

In a meeting on Thursday afternoon between students and Adam Habib – a recording of which has been seen by the Guardian – a student asked: “How can Soas issue statements about Black Lives Matter while […] allowing lecturers to say the N-word in class?”

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