A report by Policy Exchange has warned that “academic freedom is being significantly violated” at British universities due to “forms of political discrimination”, with findings revealing that only four in ten Brexit-voting students feel comfortable sharing their political opinions.
Universities must stamp out the “institutional hostility” towards free speech that has taken root on campuses, the universities minister has demanded ahead of a free speech summit.
Universities must uphold free speech and open debate or face fines and be blacklisted by a new higher education regulator, the government had revealed.
Government plans to rate universities based on student satisfaction could give free rein to “safe space” mentality, futher stifling free speech on campus, academics have warned. Peers are backing the academics concerns, and may deliver a cross party revolt in
Bristol University Students’ Union is considering no-platforming a highly esteemed conservative philosopher because of statements he made on homosexuality in the 1980s.
Twenty-seven per cent of British students believe UKIP members should not be invited to speak on campuses, a practice also known as “no platforming”. A significant 76 per cent would also ban any speaker who had views that offended them, and 48 per cent want
A senior National Union of Students official has defended the organisation’s Safe Space policy by insisting that “some people have more equal rights than others.” He has denied the Orwellian nature of the phrase claiming he meant only that some had
Students at a top London University have banned the Brexit-supporting Mayor of London Boris Johnson because of his “inappropriate” comments about Barack Obama’s “heritage”. Student leaders at King’s College London claimed the Mayor of London’s reference to the U.S. president’s “part-Kenya” heritage
Britain’s National Union of Students (NUS) is attempting to ban or “no platform” Nick Lowles, a man who has built a career denouncing perceived ‘Islamophobia’, because they say he is ‘Islamophobic’. Mr. Lowles is the leader of the hard left, foreign-funded Hope
Peter Tatchell is a veteran human rights campaigner and supposed darling of the British left. Yet even he has come under attack from the young regressive left on campus, for little more than his support of free expression. Tatchell has worked endlessly to
An American rabbi has accused British academics of undermining the nation’s traditions of free speech by allowing students to refuse Jewish speakers a platform at their establishments. He said that the UK was becoming well known for its hostility towards
Feminism in London (FiL), one of the largest feminist conferences in the UK, has seen two major speakers pull out because of “ideological totalitarianism” and “sectarian” “warring feminist factions,” who fell out over an attempt to “no-platform” certain speakers who
The mild-mannered Cambridge Classics professor Mary Beard has described how she was left “wanting to cry” after being bombarded by aggressive trolls on twitter for two full days – merely for signing a letter in support of free speech. As we reported earlier
