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Our tribute: Ann Widdecombe Defending Free Speech at the Oxford Union

Inside the Lecture Theatre

Nigel Biggar in Dublin

Category: viewpoint diversity

In defence of debate – oppose all mandatory training on controversial topics

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a group campaigning for free speech in the US, opposes all forms of mandatory training for academics or students: Liberty cannot exist […]

25th November 20198th August 2023 Dennis Hayes academic freedom, free speech, News, University, viewpoint diversity

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 […]

17th September 2017 Dennis Hayes viewpoint diversity
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