Category: News
Academic freedom is an individual right
Jim Butcher discusses whether academic freedom in an institutional or an individual freedom. Everyone now seems to agree that academic freedom is important. But not everyone defines it in the […]
Reflections on Institutional Neutrality
In this guest post, Guy Whitehouse discusses arguments for and against institutional neutrality after Harvard University accepted the conclusions of a working party report on ‘Institutional Voice’ and stated that […]
After Cass: the lessons for higher education
Robert Laverick and Georgia Testa argue that higher education should champion academic freedom and equality, not Stonewall The trans inclusion policies of higher education institutions are increasingly failing to reflect […]
Sign the Brussels Free Speech Declaration
Please take the opportunity to be a founding signatory of the Brussels Free Speech Declaration. It will be launched soon by MCC Brussels. This a statement by MCC Brussels giving […]
Response to the Consultation on the OfS Regulatory Advice on Free Speech
Members of the AFAF network have a variety of views on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (HEFOSA). These view range from scepticism about the state regulating freedoms, […]
Happy International Academic Freedom Day!
Today, Monday 20 May, is International Academic Freedom Day (IAFD). The idea for such a day was proposed at the Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) National Conference in November last year. What […]
A Tents Standoff At Trinity College Dublin
Felice Basbøll reports on Trinity College Dublin’s pro-Palestine encampment and what it means for free speech and the death of institutional neutrality* Last week, the students’ union at Trinity College […]
The Trinity Declaration
This is the text of a speech by Tim Crowley read at the launch of the Trinity Declaration on Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression on 18 April 2024.* On […]
Who is protecting free speech in English universities?
In another of our ‘long reads’, Abhishek Saha provides a personal overview of the state of free speech in England* In May 2023, the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill […]
Free Speech Complaints Scheme Consultation
Members of the AFAF network have different views on the free speech legislation and the OfS consultation on the free speech complaints scheme. After some discussion, we decided to respond […]
