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AFAF and SAFAF at the Battle of Ideas

Should the state punish universities?

Battle of Ideas Festival 2025

AFAF and SAFAF at the Battle of Ideas

We will have a stall at the 20th Battle of Ideas Festival on the weekend of the 18 and 19 October in Church house, Central London. With over a 100 […]

23rd September 2025 Dennis Hayes News

Should the state punish universities?

After the struggle to implement some free speech legislation in English universities, we ask: Can the state change the culture in universities through legislation? Join in the debate on Sunday […]

23rd September 202523rd September 2025 Dennis Hayes News

Battle of Ideas Festival 2025

Battle of Ideas Festival Saturday 18 October – Sunday 19 October With over 100 debates and over 3,000 attendees the Battle of Ideas Festival is the highlight of the year for anyone […]

15th September 202515th September 2025 Dennis Hayes News

Beyond Woke and Anti-Woke

Edmund King and Thomas Prosser have written a (forthcoming) book exploring the rise of social justice ideology. In this blog, Edmund talks about the origins of their book. Even as […]

20th August 202520th August 2025 Dennis Hayes News

An Open Letter on the Government’s Proposed Definition of “Islamophobia”

We, organisations from across the moral, political and ideological spectrum, including faith groups and secular organisations, write to express serious concern about the UK Government’s ongoing efforts to adopt a […]

3rd July 20253rd July 2025 Dennis Hayes News

Academic freedom has been shredded at Trinity College Dublin

Dr Jane Mahony denounces the cowardly indifference of Trinity College Dublin to academic freedom and to its own consultative processes. On 5 June the board of Trinity College Dublin voted […]

27th June 20252nd July 2025 Dennis Hayes News

Steven Greer and the University of Bristol

This is a press release about the referral of Steven Greer’s case to the Office for Students. The University of Bristol has been referred to the Office for Students (OfS) […]

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25th June 202525th June 2025 Dennis Hayes News

Why the Equality Act isn’t working

In this guest post, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, discusses the new report from Don’t Divide Us   One of the final pieces of legislation from the New Labour era, the Equality […]

23rd June 202523rd June 2025 Dennis Hayes News

A free speech checklist  

Twelve ways in which universities can ensure and promote free speech This is AFAF’s version of a list of examples that resulted from discussions between the major free speech organisations, […]

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18th June 202520th August 2025 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, News

Oxford is now more or less a quango

In this guest post, Darren Gee discusses the reforms needed to restore ‘genuine academic freedom’. There is an increasingly palpable sentiment that the elite educational institutions across the Western world […]

18th June 202518th June 2025 Dennis Hayes News

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