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The Shadow University

The Secretive University

UCU Elections 2021: Vote Benjamin for Academic Freedom

How to defend free speech in universities

Remember Samuel Paty

Freedom of Speech and its Consequences

The Shadow University

Richard Harris and Dennis Hayes discuss the threat to freedom of speech in what thay call the ‘shadow university’. In 1998, Alan Charles Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate wrote a […]

12th February 202114th February 2021 Dennis Hayes News, Uncategorised

The Secretive University

Stephen Baskerville discusses how US universities create secretive devices to silence academic heretics The most effective method for protecting academic freedom is almost certainly publicity.  (Tenure has not worked; neither […]

12th February 202113th February 2021 Dennis Hayes News, Uncategorised

UCU Elections 2021: Vote Benjamin for Academic Freedom

In the forthcoming University and College Union (UCU) National Executive Committee Elections 2021 there is one candidate who believes that defending academic freedom should be a major priority for UCU. […]

6th February 202118th February 2021 Dennis Hayes UCU

How to defend free speech in universities

Free speech is a hotly debated topic currently in the university sector. Dennis Hayes discusses why speech is censored and what can be done to tackle it.* A new report […]

14th January 202114th January 2021 Dennis Hayes free speech, News, universities

Remember Samuel Paty

This is the text of a talk given by Dennis Hayes at the Freedom Babbleon organised and hosted by WorldWrite on 19 December 2020 I recently gave a talk at […]

10th January 202110th January 2021 Dennis Hayes free speech

Freedom of Speech and its Consequences

Philip Hammond As a journalism lecturer, I was struck by the comment made recently by Karl Turner MP, that: “Of course everyone has the right to freedom of expression. But that […]

3rd December 20203rd December 2020 Dennis Hayes free speech, News

Campus Free Speech: A Cultural Approach

Adam Kissel Key Points US colleges and universities have well-documented cultures of self-censorship of disfavored views. In contrast, free expression is consistent with campus values of toleration, diversity and inclusion. […]

1st December 20203rd December 2020 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, Campus, free speech, News, USA

Humza’s Hate Bill – will you be criminalized for someone else’s emotion?

Catherine McCall MUCH has been written by legal experts and others about the vagueness within the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. Vagueness in law is certainly dangerous. If […]

30th November 20203rd December 2020 Dennis Hayes Hate Crime, News, offence, Scotland

#Je suis Samuel

Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) calls upon Universities UK, the UCU, all VCs and UCU branches to publicly condemn the Islamist murder of teacher Samuel Paty in France, and make […]

20th October 202019th December 2020 Dennis Hayes free speech

The Anatomy of Hate: Submission in Opposition to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill

AFAF (Scotland) member, Dr Carlton Brick, made this submission to the Scottish parliamentary committee stage of the Scottish National Party’s Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. This is a […]

27th July 202023rd October 2020 Dennis Hayes free speech, Hate Crime, News, Scotland

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