The BBC was forced into a correction live on air after it allowed a University of Sussex student union officer to falsely accuse Professor Kathleen Stock of supporting anti-transgender statements.
On Wednesday's broadcast of BBC Politics Live presenter Jo Coburn interviewed Amelia Jones, the university union's elected transgender and non-binary representative on the gender professor at the centre of a free speech at universities row.
During the programme, Ms Jones made a string of comments about Professor Stock, 48, including allegations that students had boycotted her classes before and stating she publicly supported a declaration to 'eliminate trans people in law'.
The student union rep added there was 'strong feeling within the community' that transgender students at the University were 'unsafe' and felt 'intellectually threatened' by Professor Stock.
But on the following day's broadcast of Politics Live, host Jo Coburn read out an official correction live on air after Professor Stock rebuked Ms Jones' comments.
It comes as more public demonstrations by University of Sussex students are planned for Saturday afternoon - after the gender expert was branded a 'transphobe' and posters were erected around campus demanding her resignation last week.
Prof Stock, a trustee with activist group LGB Alliance - who have previously been accused of 'anti-trans' policies, was also accused of making 'trans students unsafe'.
Amelia Jones (above) Sussex University's elected transgender and non-binary representative said Professor Kathleen Stock publicly supported a declaration to 'eliminate trans people in law'
She also stated there was 'strong feeling within the community' that transgender students at the University were 'unsafe' and felt 'intellectually threatened' by the gender expert
Kathleen Stock, a gender professor at the University of Sussex, has been branded a 'transphobe' by trans rights groups amid a free speech row
Further protests have been planned against Professor Stock at the University of Sussex
Ms Jones told Politics Live on Wednesday: 'Professor Stock at Sussex, who has signed Women's declaration of sex-based rights which wants to eliminate trans people in law and wants to stop teaching of trans identities in British schools, I think when a professor like that is employed by a university the trans students feel that if someone holds those views there they do not feel safe with a professor holding those views.
'Feminists argued that universities have a duty to protect students and workers from sexual harrassment and other forms of discrimination in the classroom.'
She reiterated trans students feel 'intellectually threatened' by Prof Stock, who is a trustee of LGB Alliance and suggested students have previously revolted against her.
'People have changed courses due to her, people have not attended her modules due to the strong disagreement with her views,' Ms Jones said on the programme.
But an official correction from the BBC was broadcast live on Thursday's edition of the programme.
