A university lecturer has left his role after tweeting he was fed-up of marking essays about "patriarchy and oppression of women" as he attacked students with "smug little minds".

Michael Blackburn, who taught creative writing and English literature at the University of Lincoln, drew complaints from students after his tweets about terror attacks and feminism.

He has now left his position, the university confirmed.

One of his tweets said: "I know the media haven't told us but I suspect these terror attacks were carried out by Muslims because of Islam."

Another added: "Thank God all those papers going on about patriarchy and the oppression of women are out of the way for another year."