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How to defend free speech in universities

Remember Samuel Paty

Freedom of Speech and its Consequences

Campus Free Speech: A Cultural Approach

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

#Je suis Samuel

Tag: 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 a 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 202027th July 2020 Dennis Hayes free speech, News

Free Speech in the USA

Anna Kucirkova discusses the state of free speech in the USA. Free speech may be something that we take for granted here in the United States, but do we actually […]

22nd February 201922nd February 2019 Dennis Hayes free speech, News

Building A Free Speech Network

Free speech is under threat in universities but there is growing opposition to bans and censorship. This opposition is led by students, student groups and academics. The Speakers’ Corner Trust, […]

21st October 201812th November 2018 Dennis Hayes free speech
Free Speech: University rankings

Free Speech University Rankings (FSUR) 2018

The 2018 Free Speech University Rankings (FSUR), sponsored by AFAF, were released today This is an extract from the article by Tom Slater (the FSUR co-ordinator) introducing this year’s findings: […]

5th February 201812th February 2018 Dennis Hayes free speech, FSUR, Spiked

Jo Johnson ‘no platforms’ no platform

The universities minister, Jo Johnson, announced today that under the sway of the new Office for Students (OfS) universities must guarantee free speech. If they do not and continue supporting […]

19th October 201722nd October 2017 Dennis Hayes free speech

Louise Richardson: free-speech hero

Over 2,640 students’ union officers, LGBTQ+ activists, academics and students have signed a letter demanding an apology from Professor Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. What did Richardson do to […]

17th September 201717th September 2017 Dennis Hayes free speech, Louise Richardson, offence, University
Free Speech: University rankings

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 201725th August 2017 Dennis Hayes censorship, free speech, University
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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 201710th May 2017 Dennis Hayes free speech
Prevent

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 201610th May 2017 Dennis Hayes free speech, University

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