Durham University has allowed protesters to prevent a debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict from going ahead. Durham University’s Durham Union Society (DUS) organised a debate to take place on 7th June on the motion This House Believes Palestinian Leadership is…
On 28 May, all staff at the University of Exeter received the following invitation in the university’s Weekly Bulletin: The link took readers through to a “commitment” which runs as follows: Inclusive Practitioners Commitment 2024 My goal is to be…
The New Bioethics has rejected a paper on non-academic criteria, and violated its own ethical guidelines by assessing papers differently depending on the author’s race and sex. Dr. Perry Hendricks is an American academic philosopher, with a PhD from Purdue…
The University of Cambridge will adopt a strong new Code of Practice on Freedom of Speech. Universities have been required, since the Education Act (1986), to issue codes of practice setting out how they will secure freedom of speech. In…
A new University and College Union study shows that 56% of union members believe that academic freedom in the UK is in decline. The University and College Union (UCU) is the largest academic union in the UK. In 2021, it…
Friday 10th May saw the launch of the London Principles for Academic Freedom. The London Universities’ Council for Academic Freedom (LUCAF) is a non-partisan, academic led organisation which works to support academic freedom. It was founded in November 2023 and…
The Oxford Head of Equality and Diversity appears to be opposed to academic freedom. In the past few days students at the University of Oxford have set up encampments protesting Israel’s continuing invasion of the Gaza strip. An open letter…
Four prominent London universities have Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity training courses which misstate the law and force their staff to affirm controversial points of view. CAF has seen Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) training courses, and spoken to academics who…
UK universities are awarding funding to Chinese students on the basis of their commitment to the values of the Chinese Communist Party. While studying in the UK, recipients of funding have their speech severely restricted by the Chinese Communist Party. The…
In a global assessment of de facto levels of academic freedom, the UK has scored worse than Peru, Burkina Faso, and Georgia. The Academic Freedom Index is an annual assessment of “de facto” levels of academic freedom in 179 countries,…