After CAF intervened, Caius College admitted its inclusivity training was not mandatory. But questions remain about Stop Hate UK’s materials and freedom of speech.
CAF has raised concerns over mandatory inclusivity training at Gonville and Caius College after finding legal errors in the provider’s published educational materials.
Scholars at Risk documents 382 attacks across 59 countries, while CAF casework points to a wider problem of unreported incidents and self-censorship.
Royal Microscopical Society adopts CAF recommendations in full after concerns that its harassment provisions risked inadvertently restricting lawful expression.
New OIA guidance on student free-speech complaints reflects concerns raised by CAF about academic judgment and universities’ new legal duties.
CAF is supporting academics facing complaints, professional ostracism and institutional pressure after signing the Nathan Cofnas academic-freedom letter
The OfS free-speech complaints scheme is now live. Find out what it means and how CAF can help academics protect free speech and academic freedom.
CAF has instructed lawyers to act for Professor Kevin Yuill after Sunderland University warned him to “reflect carefully” on assisted-dying posts made during the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’s passage through Parliament.
Controversial “race realist” philosopher Dr Nathan Cofnas will remain at Ghent following intervention by the US ambassador, although CAF remains concerned about the nature of the ongoing disciplinary investigation.
CAF warns Ghent University that its suspension of Nathan Cofnas risks institutionalising a “heckler’s veto” and weakening protections for academic freedom.