King’s College London (KCL) is pressing ahead with a far-reaching, centrally driven overhaul of assessment across the university under a framework centred on “inclusive”, “diverse” and “culturally responsive” approaches to which all assessments must adhere. Internal documents seen by the…
CAF has written to the University of Cambridge following concerns raised with us by Roshaan Khattak, an exiled British-Pakistani documentary filmmaker and former postgraduate student. He approached us in January 2026 seeking advice after receiving death threats in connection with his academic work.
Controversies over the scope of academic freedom aren’t just campus flashpoints, but track deeper ideological fault lines – even beyond the Anglosphere in countries where “culture-war” battles over universities are less prominent.
As part of its statutory role in monitoring risks to campus free speech, the Office for Students (OfS) has been asking English universities to account for Chinese state-linked scholarships and Confucius Institute contracts.
As reported in The Times today, the Committee for Academic Freedom (CAF) has written to the Vice-Chancellor of SOAS, University of London, warning that by hosting a Middle East conference where Israeli academics must declare that their institutions are built…
Universities worldwide are facing “increasingly aggressive” attacks, not only in authoritarian regimes but also in democratic states, as exemplified by troubling new data from the world’s two superpowers, the United States and China. In its latest report, the campaign group…
Cambridge University has thrown out dozens of complaints against an academic philosopher accused of racism, ruling that his views on “hereditarianism” and what he called the “DEI devil” were protected under its new freedom of speech policy. The decision is…
The University of Durham has advertised several academic jobs which include potentially illegal requirements. The prestigious Russell Group member has previously been warned about this issue, but has seemingly done little to reform. One advert from the University’s website for…
Job adverts at the University of Oxford include various requirements for applicants that are highly likely to be in violation of several UK laws on anti-discrimination and protection of the free speech. This is not the first time the nation’s…
Something is going badly wrong at UCL.
Job ads demanding “commitment” to EDI, policies enforcing gender identity theory as fact, and training ending in pledges to reshape teaching & research around the “climate and ecological crisis”.