University of Queensland student, Drew Pavlou, has walked out of a virtual hearing held to make a decision on his expulsion and whether he breached UQ’s code of conduct and brought the institution into disrepute.
Pavlou accused UQ of breaking their own rules for a disciplinary hearing by not providing him with documents that he believes are relevant to proving his innocence, whilst publishing a select few.
Mr Pavlou has been critical of the university’s relationship to China and the hearing came after complaints of his protest and social media activity. UQ has strongly rejected that the matter is one of free speech.