A recent study by the group UK-China Transparency claims that “interference” from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “undermining academic freedom” and endangering staff and students, especially those of Chinese origin. Officially titled Cold Crisis: Academic freedom and interference in…
Usually, when new legislation is set to commence, organisations affected by it will whip their lawyers into a frenzy several months in advance, hoping to avoid the regulatory scrutiny or even penalties that may results from noncompliance. Yet, this does…
In a new article in the Law Quarterly Review, one of the country’s foremost law journals, Dr David Wilde of the University of Reading argues that English universities with charitable status (virtually all English universities) are obliged by charity law to…
For the past 12 years, Roger Mosey has served as master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. In a recently published essay, he reflects on how the culture around free speech and debate has evolved throughout one the more tumultuous decades in…
The former Culture Secretary and current Master of Pembroke College was announced as the winner of the election on Tuesday. Smith is expected to replace Lord Sainsbury as Chancellor of the country’s second oldest university before the beginning of next…
A recent report commissioned by the UK’s department for Science, Innovation and Technology shines a spotlight on the suppression of academic freedom in fields of sex and gender research. According to the report, it is not a matter of both…
A renowned psychologist had his invitation to speak at a conference revoked after someone complained about his social media activity. The organisers refused to speak with him about the exclusion or even to identify the offending posts. Dr David…
According to a group of cross-party peers, lecturers, researchers and students at British universities could face disciplinary action if they violate the Government’s new definition of islamophobia. A government working group has been established to provide a new, “non-statutory” definition…
In what is likely to be the broadest protest injunction yet, a High Court has granted Cardiff University the right to prohibit any attempt to “enter, occupy or remain upon” key parts of campus “for the purposes of protest”. Anyone…
Voting for the next Chancellor of Cambridge opens on 9 July. 10 candidates are vying to become the next head of the country’s second oldest university. Our friends at Alumni for Free Speech have reached out to each of these…