Category: News
Students and the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
Heather McKee, convenor of Student Academics For Academic Freedom (SAFAF), argues that this Act, the whole Act and nothing but the Act is vital to Students. In 2023, the UK […]
Statement of Support for Michael Foran
Statement of Support for Michael Foran, Lecturer in Law at University of Glasgow. Academics for Academic Freedom stand in solidarity with Dr Michael Foran, in the face of repeated harassment […]
A call to arms against the Hate Speech Bill
The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 (aka The Hate Speech Bill) is back in the Irish Seanad today (Wednesday 16 October). Senator Rónán […]
Remember Samuel Paty
On the fourth anniversary of the murder of Samuel Paty, we re-publish this very personal Tribute to Samuel Paty by Professor Stuart Russell. We also remember the Batley Grammar School […]
Know Your Free Speech Rights
As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, we re-publish this one-page guide to your free speech rights at university or college. This was produced by the Best Free Speech Practice project […]
AFAF Annual Conference 2024
The Academics For Academic Freedom Annual Conference 2024 will be held on Saturday 23 November in Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Street, London. The formal Conference opens at 13.00 and […]
The Canceling of the American Mind
From universities to public office, schools to social clubs, the pernicious reach of cancel culture seems to know no bounds. While ‘cancellation’ may once have been reserved for high-profile celebrities, […]
Sign this open letter to Bridget Phillipson
Dear Bridget Phillipson, We write as academics to urge the government to implement the remaining provisions of Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act (HEFOSA), which were due to come into […]
The War on Free Speech in Higher Education
The pausing of the freedom of speech Act has failed all students, argues Student AFAF, in the first post for their new Substack* Why did we set up SAFAF? SAFAF […]
Changing the Equality Act
In this discussion piece, Mark Lilly* argues for a change to the Equality Act 2010 There is general agreement that the effect of the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, […]
