Skip to content
Academics For Academic Freedom
  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
  • Who we are
  • AFAF Membership
  • AFAF Branches
    • How to set up an AFAF Branch…
    • Anglia Ruskin University SAFAF
    • Birmingham Universities
    • University of Bristol
    • University of Buckingham
    • Canterbury and Kent Universities
    • Cardiff Academic Freedom Association
    • City, University of London
    • Dublin Universities
    • Dundee Universities
    • Edinburgh Universities
    • University of Derby
    • University of Exeter
    • University of Glasgow
    • University College London
    • Universities of Leeds
    • Liverpool Universities
    • Manchester Universities
    • University of Nebraska-Kearney
    • North East England
    • North West England
    • Nottingham Universities
    • Open University
    • University of Portsmouth
    • Queen Mary University of London
    • Sheffield Universities
    • University of St Andrews
    • University of the West of Scotland
    • New AFAF branches…
  • THE BANNED LIST
  • Student Academics For Academic Freedom (SAFAF)
  • Statement of Academic Freedom
  • Statement – Signatories #1650+
  • Forthcoming Events
  • Heroes and Zeros
  • Our friends
    • Akademische Freiheit
    • Alumni For Free Speech
    • Bristol Free Speech Society
    • Campaign for Common Sense
    • Committee for Academic Freedom
    • Counterweight
    • Diogenes Forum
    • Down With…Censorship!
    • Don’t Divide Us – Universities
    • The FIRE
    • Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism
    • Free Speech Champions
    • Free Speech Ireland
    • Free Speech Union
    • Free Speech Union Switzerland (FSUS)
    • Free Speech Wales
    • Heterodox Academy
    • Hypatia (Belgium)
    • Jam for Freedom
    • Liberate the Debate
    • Liberté Académique
    • Living Freedom
    • London Universities’ Council for Academic Freedom
    • Movement For a Free Academia
    • National Association of Scholars
    • Newtown
    • Oxford Society for Free Discourse
    • Open University Free Speech Society
    • QM Free Speech Society
    • SAFS
    • SAFS McGill
    • Speak Easy
    • Speakers’ Corner Trust
    • Syndicat des Agrégés de l’Enseignement Supérieur (SAGES)
    • UKC Liberty Union
    • University of Buckingham Free Speech Society
  • International Academic Freedom Day
  • Buckingham Free Speech Seminar Series
  • Academic Freedom Research Network
  • AFAF/SAFAF Annual Conference 2025
  • Legal Assistance for AFAF members
  • Roy Harris on academic freedom

Battle of Ideas Festival 2025

Beyond Woke and Anti-Woke

An Open Letter on the Government’s Proposed Definition of “Islamophobia”

Category: viewpoint diversity

In defence of debate – 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 20198th August 2023 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, free speech, News, University, viewpoint diversity

An invitation to join the Heterodox Academy

Jeremy Willinger invites AFAF members and others to join the Heterodox Academy: There can be no more vital issue for academics than academic freedom. The university system was founded on […]

17th September 2017 Dennis Hayes viewpoint diversity
Support AFAF with a donation (one-off or monthly)
Articles grouped by Tag
Student AFAF Israel Bill of Rights Canterbury Christ Church University Je suis Charlie union Cass Review UCU Elections 2021 secretive Free Speech employability academic freedom University The Times FIRE shadow university Brussels Free Speech Declaration Heather McKee Je suis Prof philosophy University of St. Andrews Gender ideology Je suis Enseignant Marquette University no platform public shaming #JeSuisCharlie Liberate the Debate Universities Support for Michael Foran Salman Rushdie astronauts Don't Divide Us UCU Freedom
Recent Posts
  • Battle of Ideas Festival 2025
  • Beyond Woke and Anti-Woke
  • An Open Letter on the Government’s Proposed Definition of “Islamophobia”
  • Academic freedom has been shredded at Trinity College Dublin
  • Steven Greer and the University of Bristol
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: NewsAnchor by aThemes.