The University of Sydney has come under fire from a political party for bowing to pressure from nationalist group the Great Aussie Patriot, run by Reclaim Australia's national event organiser, Sherman Burgess.

The Socialist Equality Party [SEP] planned to hold a meeting at the university on April 26 to discuss the "glorification and militarism of Anzac day", but was informed by the university that the "potential for disruption to access on campus was unacceptable," according to SEP national secretary James Cogan.

Reclaim Australia protesters clash with left-wing activists in Melbourne on April 4. Credit:Chris Hopkins

Last week Sydney University's vice-chancellor Michael Spence talked of his vision for the university as "that of a forum for the free debate of difficult and often confronting ideas", after protests marred a public lecture by controversial academic Dr Richard Kemp.