Female students will share toilets and changing rooms with biological males as universities ignore the legal definition of a woman, senior staff have warned.

Women at University College London, who want to remain anonymous for fear of being 'vilified' by colleagues, have revealed the institution has continued to allow trans women to use female facilities.

The universities of Edinburgh, Southampton, Bath and Nottingham are additionally among those yet to publish a revised trans policy since the Supreme Court's ruling on what constitutes a woman.

This means their female students could also face sharing private spaces with biological males. It comes just weeks before the academic year starts.

The whistleblowers at UCL – home to 31,000 women in 2024/2025 – say the university has failed to adopt the judgment by claiming to be waiting for further clarity on its practical implications.