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Solidarity with Kathleen Stock, Defend Academic Freedom

Should we cancel Cancel Culture?

Statement on ‘Gender Ideology’

The UK’s Charlie Hebdo moment

The Shadow University

The Secretive University

Author: Dennis Hayes

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 202015th October 2021 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

Why we need The Free Speech Union

Do we need The Free Speech Union (FSU)? The answer is ‘Yes!’ A group like Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) can work effectively in the university sector. We already publicise […]

26th February 202011th February 2021 Dennis Hayes free speech, News

Will academic freedom be upheld at the University of Kent?

Academic mobbing became more vicious last week. Academics from the University of Kent at Canterbury (UKC) and other universities appealed in an open letter to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Karen Cox, […]

24th February 202027th July 2020 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, censorship, News, Uncategorised

Rise up for academic freedom!

Reflections on the past decade can be depressing. Two articles from the end of that decade are particularly dispiriting because they bring into focus the absurdity of contemporary university culture. […]

31st January 202027th July 2020 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, free speech, News, rise up!

Free Speech Guidance: An analysis of recent documents

These advice notes were produced by Bryn Harris of the Free Speech Network. Their purpose is advise to students and student societies on key guidance documents relating to freedom of […]

7th January 202027th July 2020 Dennis Hayes free speech, News

In defence of difference – oppose all mandatory training on controversial topics

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a group campaigning for free speech in the US, opposes all forms of mandatory training for academics or students: Liberty cannot exist […]

25th November 201927th July 2020 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, free speech, News, University, viewpoint diversity

Killing Controversy: the silencing of speech

One of the dominant ideas of our times is the belief that certain words and thoughts are unacceptable. From European hate-speech laws to online censorship and no-platforming at universities, free […]

3rd October 20193rd October 2019 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, colonialism, free speech, University

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