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A call for institutional neutrality

Meet the groups leading the free speech fight-back against Britain’s ‘institutionally captured’ universities

No Forbidden Zones

Category: free speech

Free Speech University Rankings 2017

The 2017 Free Speech University Rankings (FSUR) – sponsored by AFAF – is out. spiked’s groundbreaking analysis of campus censorship in the UK has published its third annual report, and […]

26th February 20178th August 2023 Dennis Hayes censorship, free speech, University
University and College Union

Academic Freedom Motion for UCU Congress 2017

Academic Freedom Congress instructs the NEC to bring to Congress in 2018 a statement in defence of Academic Freedom as an addition to UCU Rules Section 2 ‘Aims and Objects’.

22nd January 201717th February 2020 Dennis Hayes free speech, University

THE FREE SPEECH DEBATE

Free speech has become an issue of significant controversy. This debate will assess a number of key questions, including:

22nd January 20178th August 2023 Dennis Hayes free speech

Will preventing ‘radicalisation’ mean the death of debate?

The government’s ‘Prevent’ strategy sees the sudden psychological ‘radicalisation’ of vulnerable children and young people as the cause of today’s apparently meaningless acts of terrorism.

30th October 20168th August 2023 Dennis Hayes free speech, University

Book Launch – Academic Freedom Matters

27th October 201631st May 2017 Dennis Hayes free speech, News, University
University of St Andrews Union Debating Society

‘This house would never limit free speech on student campuses’

Tom Slater, deputy editor of the online current affairs magazine spiked! and co-ordinator of the Free Speech University Rankings (FSUR) and Dennis Hayes, professor of education at the University of Derby […]

12th September 201610th May 2017 Dennis Hayes censorship, free speech, University

Why Academic Freedom Matters

A ‘must read’ new book out this September from Civitas with contributions from many AFAF supporters including Jenny Jarvie, Dennis Hayes, Cheryl Hudson (ed.), Tara McCormack, Jason Walsh and Joanna Williams […]

20th July 201612th September 2016 Dennis Hayes censorship, free speech

Vote Elrica for Freedom of Speech

Elrica Degirmen is standing for the position of Education Officer in the University of Manchester NUS Elections on a free speech platform…if you can, vote for her, if not publicise […]

1st March 20168th August 2023 Dennis Hayes censorship, free speech, University

The new intolerance on campus

‘The new intolerance on campus‘ is an afternoon of debate as part of the launch events for Spiked‘s Free Speech University Rankings (FSUR) which are sponsored by AFAF. “When speakers are […]

16th February 20168th August 2023 Dennis Hayes censorship, free speech, University
WORLDwrite: the freedom challenge

AFAF supports The Freedom Challenge

The charity WORLDwrite which celebrates its 21st birthday this year and its Citizen TV station WORLDbytes are launching a touring Pop-Up Video Booth known as the Views Box.

16th October 20158th August 2023 Dennis Hayes free speech, Uncategorised

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