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Academic freedom has been shredded at Trinity College Dublin

Steven Greer and the University of Bristol

Why the Equality Act isn’t working

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Know Your Free Speech Rights

As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, we re-publish this one-page guide to your free speech rights at university or college. This was produced by the Best Free Speech Practice project […]

2nd October 20243rd October 2024 Dennis Hayes News

AFAF Annual Conference 2024

The Academics For Academic Freedom Annual Conference 2024 will be held on Saturday 23 November in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Street, London. The formal Conference opens at 13.00 and […]

2nd October 20243rd October 2024 Dennis Hayes News

The Canceling of the American Mind

From universities to public office, schools to social clubs, the pernicious reach of cancel culture seems to know no bounds. While ‘cancellation’ may once have been reserved for high-profile celebrities, […]

2nd October 2024 Dennis Hayes News, Uncategorised

Sign this open letter to Bridget Phillipson

Dear Bridget Phillipson, We write as academics to urge the government to implement the remaining provisions of Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act (HEFOSA), which were due to come into […]

2nd August 20246th August 2024 Dennis Hayes News

The War on Free Speech in Higher Education

The pausing of the freedom of speech Act has failed all students, argues Student AFAF, in the first post for their new Substack* Why did we set up SAFAF? SAFAF […]

30th July 202430th July 2024 Dennis Hayes News, Uncategorised

Changing the Equality Act

In this discussion piece, Mark Lilly* argues for a change to the Equality Act 2010 There is general agreement that the effect of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, […]

16th July 202417th July 2024 Dennis Hayes News

Academic freedom is an individual right

Jim Butcher discusses whether academic freedom in an institutional or an individual freedom. Everyone now seems to agree that academic freedom is important. But not everyone defines it in the […]

14th June 202414th June 2024 Dennis Hayes News

Reflections on Institutional Neutrality

In this guest post, Guy Whitehouse discusses arguments for and against institutional neutrality after Harvard University accepted the conclusions of a working party report on ‘Institutional Voice’ and stated that […]

14th June 202414th June 2024 Dennis Hayes News

After Cass: the lessons for higher education

Robert Laverick and Georgia Testa argue that higher education should champion academic freedom and equality, not Stonewall The trans inclusion policies of higher education institutions are increasingly failing to reflect […]

11th June 202412th June 2024 Dennis Hayes News

Sign the Brussels Free Speech Declaration

Please take the opportunity to be a founding signatory of the Brussels Free Speech Declaration. It will be launched soon by MCC Brussels. This a statement by MCC Brussels giving […]

3rd June 20243rd June 2024 Dennis Hayes News

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