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.
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Roy Harris Obituary
Roy Harris, who died on 9 February 2015 after a long illness, was emeritus professor of general linguistics at the University of Oxford. Roy was the founder of integrationism. He wrote […]
Does Britain Need a Bill of Rights?
‘Adam Kissel – former vice-president of Fire – the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the leading American campaign group for freedom of speech – starts his ‘Free Speech England […]
New ranking exposes curbs on university freedom of speech
Written by Dennis Hayes for The Conversation. Freedom of speech is at the heart of academic life and a university should be a place where every issue is discussed and […]