‘My jaw dropped’: Sydney Uni student identifies herself in exam question

Sydney University Law student Freya Leach has expressed outrage after an assignment question included a character whom she and her peers believe was based on her. The question in a criminal law assignment included a scenario which described a character identified as ‘Freya’, a right-wing student who has unprotected sex while HIV positive. “To be vilified in such a graphic way, and for that to be distributed to 400 peers, makes me wonder what is going on,” she told Sky News host Chris Kenny. Ms Leach said she became aware of this when 20 to 30 of her peers contacted her about the use of her name in the assignment. “It wasn’t until I opened it on Saturday that my jaw dropped and I realised it was actually me in that assignment.“ According to Ms Leach, two characters who also share names with students from the course were mentioned in the exam. “At worst, it was malicious; at best, it was utterly incompetent.”