Tag: academic freedom
Academic freedom has been shredded at Trinity College Dublin
Dr Jane Mahony denounces the cowardly indifference of Trinity College Dublin to academic freedom and to its own consultative processes. On 5 June the board of Trinity College Dublin voted […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Killing Controversy: the silencing of speech
One of the dominant ideas of our times is the belief that certain words and thoughts are unacceptable. From European hate-speech laws to online censorship and no-platforming at universities, free […]
Open Letter to The Times on Assad and Academic Freedom
This is a letter to The Times that was not published. We publish a version here with signatures in support. We are happy to add further names, please use the […]
Dare we make a case for colonialism?
I am a Nigerian research student. The main thrust of my research concerns the legacy of colonialism in education in Western Nigeria. The debate on colonialism has assumed tremendous attention […]
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 […]
Academic Freedom Motion for UCU Congress 2017
Academic Freedom Congress instructs the NEC to bring to Congress in 2018 a statement in defence of Academic Freedom as an addition to UCU Rules Section 2 ‘Aims and Objects’.