Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Satumbar 2017, Richardson ya jawo suka daga ɗalibai, masana ilimi, 'yan siyasa, da kuma jaridar Burtaniya don maganganun da aka yi don kare' yancin ilimi wanda masu sukar suka fassara shi a matsayin kare malaman da ke da ra'ayoyin 'yan luwadi ga dalibai. Richardson a baya ya kasance cikin muhawara game da 'yancin faɗar albarkacin baki da kuma ƙoƙarin da ɗaliban jami'a suka yi na hana wasu masu magana daga harabar. A Jami'ar St. Andrews, Richardson ya karfafa malamai su raba ra'ayinsu game da zaben raba gardama
kuma a cikin 'yan watanni na farko a Jami'ar Oxford ta bayyana ra'ayin cewa ilimi mafi girma ba a nufin ya zama kwarewa mai dadi ba kuma ɗalibai ya kamata su shiga tare da ra'ayoyin da suka sami abin ƙyama.