Author: Dennis Hayes
Universities Should Adopt the Kalven Principle of Institutional Neutrality
Dennis Hayes All universities should adopt the Kalven Principle of institutional neutrality and make no statements on political and social issues. The mission of the university is to promote the […]
Know Your Free Speech Rights
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 made important changes to the free speech rights of academics, students and external speakers on English university campuses. The Best Free Speech […]
Bin the Bill 2024
On 15 January Free Speech Ireland (FSI) launched the ‘Bin The Bill’ Campaign Against the Irish Hate Speech Bill FSI’s new campaign aims to raise awareness about the Irish government’s […]
A tribute to Samuel Paty
On the third anniversary of the murder of Samuel Paty, we publish this guest post by Professor Stuart Russell. Stuart lives in France, and has written a very personal tribute. […]
What is the best free speech practice in universities?
The Best Free Speech Practice (BFSP) project is made up of lawyers and free speech campaigners who are working to clarify and disseminate what the legal requirements and their implications […]
The Hypocrisy of Academic Boycotts
In this guest post, Guy Whitehouse, discusses why be believes that boycotts of Israeli academic institutions are hypocritical. Last July, the American Anthropological Association (AAA) voted to boycott Israeli academic institutions. […]
Liverpool AFAF meeting
A group of academics from various higher education institutions (HEIs) in Liverpool met on Wednesday 14 June to discuss free speech and the implications of the new Higher Education (Freedom […]
Academic Unfreedom
In this piece, Jacob Reynolds, the Head of Policy at Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Brussels, takes to task a recent EU Parliament report into academic freedom. Academic freedom is a […]
