Author: Dennis Hayes
Reflections on The ‘Banned’ List
Keenan Clough* reviewed The ‘Banned’ List AFAF has been recording examples of protests, no-platforming, sackings, and resignations that have resulted in the restriction of freedom of speech on campuses across […]
Left and right on free speech legislation
Professor Lindsay Paterson, emeritus professor of education policy at the University of Edinburgh, discusses the changed attitude of the liberal left to state legislation. Something ideologically peculiar is happening in […]
The importance of academic freedom
A talk given by Professor Dennis Hayes at Canterbury Christ Church University on Wednesday 2 November 2022. It would be wrong to assume that everyone in the academy supports academic […]
Academics have internalised the fatwa. It is time to defend free speech, no ifs, no buts.
In a little over a week the attempted murder of Sir Salman Rushdie has vanished from the headlines. At the outset there were condemnations of the attack declaring it a […]
The Bartlett Report: Anonymous accusations and public shaming
Austin Williams* In a report that has taken six months to compile, Howlett Brown, which self-identifies as “The UK’s only people intelligence consultancy” has delivered a devastating critique of the Bartlett School […]
Bill of Rights Bill 2022
PRESS RELEASE dated: 23 June 2022 Academics for Academic Freedom (AFAF) say the government’s proposed Bill of Rights should go further – and prioritise free speech above all freedoms […]
How to set up an AFAF branch
If you are an individual who wants to defend free speech and academic freedom, it is possible to be wary of ‘putting your head above the parapet’. However, there is […]
Foundation For Individual Rights and Expression
On 6 June 2022, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announced that it would become the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. FIRE – a ‘Friend’ of AFAF – is America’s leading […]
Solidarity with Kathleen Stock, Defend Academic Freedom
We are an ad hoc group of people involved in the University College Union (UCU) who, now or in the past, have served in elected national or local branch positions. […]
Should we cancel Cancel Culture?
This forthcoming debate is part of Buxton Battle of Ideas festival and is sponsored by AFAF. Find out more here. From China to UK universities, the Taliban to Trump, it seems […]
