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School leaders debate intervention from Zahawi over cancelled gay author visit
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Nadhim Zahawi LGBT Cancel culture Free speech
  • Apr 28, 2022
When does free speech about harassment become harassment itself?
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Free speech
  • Apr 28, 2022
Ofsted: Banning of gay author from Catholic school left pupils and staff upset, angry and confused
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LGBT Free speech Censorship Cancel culture Discrimination
  • Apr 27, 2022
Phoenix from the flames? Free speech and academic freedom legislation lives to fight another day
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Apr 27, 2022
UK universities could end up like those in authoritarian states unless free speech defended, minister claims
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Free speech Academic freedom Michelle Donelan Censorship
  • Apr 26, 2022
Vice-chancellors told to promote free speech or ‘be on the wrong side of history’
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Michelle Donelan Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Apr 26, 2022
Durham students target open days in protest over Rod Liddle speech
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Student protests Durham University Free speech Censorship
  • Mar 23, 2022
Sewell controversy at Nottingham ‘shows free speech bill needed’
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Tony Sewell University of Nottingham Racism Honorary degree Discrimination Free speech
  • Mar 22, 2022
Durham University reviews speaker policy after Rod Liddle row
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Durham University Free speech Censorship Cancel culture
  • Mar 11, 2022
Chinese students ‘stifle criticism’ at universities
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Authoritarian regimes Chinese Free speech Criticism
  • Mar 7, 2022
Activists pursue academics who want university to cut Stonewall ties
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Stonewall Cardiff University Wales Transgender Free speech LGBTQ+
  • Feb 20, 2022
If the government wants open debate in universities, why stifle it in schools?
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Free speech Impartiality Anti-racism
  • Feb 18, 2022
Curbing political topics in English schools will harm minority students, say critics
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Politics Impartiality Teaching bias Free speech Indoctrination
  • Feb 18, 2022
Classroom impartiality rules will curb pupils’ freedom of speech, warns union
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Impartiality Teaching bias Politics Free speech
  • Feb 17, 2022
Is the class of 2022 angry about all the wrong things?
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Strikes Online lectures Free speech Trigger warnings
  • Feb 14, 2022
Universities 'should take note' of Sussex free speech row investigation
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Transgender Office for Students Investigations
  • Jan 31, 2022
Durham University hushes up report in Rod Liddle row
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Durham University Rent strikes Free speech
  • Jan 27, 2022
Professor who took on woke students over campus speech 'is still in his post' as probe into incident ends
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Durham University Racism Transphobia Free speech
  • Jan 27, 2022
Three quarters of right-wing academics are 'self-censoring' their political views on campus amid a higher education 'monoculture'
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Censorship Free speech
  • Jan 16, 2022
Right-wing academics feel need to ‘self-censor’ political beliefs on campus
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Free speech Censorship
  • Jan 15, 2022
James Treadwell: Professor fears for his job after tweets on gender
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Social media Cancel culture Free speech Transphobia
  • Jan 14, 2022
Rod Liddle reveals heckling Durham University student who branded him 'disgusting' was left confused and speechless
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Durham University Free speech Censorship Student protests
  • Dec 16, 2021
Going to Durham was such a proud moment, so how sad to discover its intolerance of free speech
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Durham University Free speech Censorship
  • Dec 14, 2021
Durham students plan mass college transfer requests in campaign for principal’s ousting
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Durham University Free speech Censorship Student protests Transfers
  • Dec 13, 2021
Now Durham University students threaten a rent strike in a row over a speech by Rod Liddle
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Student protests Rent strikes Durham University Free speech
  • Dec 13, 2021
Durham academics back walkout of students during Rod Liddle speech
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Free speech Student protests Durham University
  • Dec 13, 2021
How did universities become so toxic?
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Free speech Censorship Toxic culture
  • Dec 12, 2021
Ringleader of the student backlash against Rod Liddle's speech at Durham University is a Jeremy Corbyn supporter
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Free speech Durham University Student protests
  • Dec 11, 2021
Durham University lecturers accused of whipping up mob of left-wing students attempting to oust head of college
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Free speech Durham University Student protests
  • Dec 11, 2021
Durham University students threaten to go on rent strike in Rod Liddle speech row
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Durham University Student protests Free speech
  • Dec 11, 2021
Durham University college principal steps back amid Liddle walk-out probe
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Durham University Free speech
  • Dec 9, 2021
Durham head steps back after calling students ‘pathetic’ at Rod Liddle event
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Durham University Free speech Censorship
  • Dec 9, 2021
Durham University Professor Tim Luckhurst's wife told how a 'baying' mob intimidated her and rounded on her
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Durham University Free speech Censorship No platform
  • Dec 9, 2021
Rod Liddle demands University of Durham apology
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Durham University Free speech Censorship No platform
  • Dec 9, 2021
Durham students demand the sacking of professor after he branded them 'pathetic' in free speech row
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Free speech Censorship No platform Durham University
  • Dec 8, 2021
Rod Liddle demands a 'grovelling apology' from Durham University
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Durham University Free speech Censorship No platform
  • Dec 8, 2021
Durham student union demands professor resigns over Rod Liddle talk
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Durham University Free speech Censorship
  • Dec 8, 2021
Durham University students ask for content warnings after row over Rod Liddle speech
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Durham University Free speech Censorship Content warnings
  • Dec 8, 2021
Promoting freedom of speech and good campus relations
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Free speech
  • Dec 7, 2021
Professor Tim Luckhurst of Durham University apologises in walkout row over Rod Liddle
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Durham University Free speech No platform Censorship
  • Dec 7, 2021
If Rod Liddle has the right to lecture Durham students about sex work, where’s my invitation to talk about cats?
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Durham University Free speech Censorship No platform
  • Dec 6, 2021
Durham college head apologises for calling students 'pathetic' for staging walkout over Rod Liddle speech
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Durham University Free speech Censorship No platform
  • Dec 6, 2021
Students who staged Rod Liddle walkout are pathetic, says Durham University college head
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Durham University No platform Free speech Censorship
  • Dec 6, 2021
Jo Phoenix, academic likened to racist for her trans views, resigns from Open University
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Open University Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Dec 4, 2021
‘Heartbroken’ professor accused of transphobic views quits Open University
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Open University Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Bullying Censorship
  • Dec 3, 2021
There should be no place for censorship in our universities
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Censorship Free speech Academic freedom No platform
  • Dec 2, 2021
Kathleen Stock: free speech bill could have saved my Sussex career
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Dec 1, 2021
Britain needs new 'non-woke' universities
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 28, 2021
Toby Young’s free speech campaign takes on university for silencing gender-critical scholars
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Toby Young Free speech Academic freedom Censorship No platform
  • Nov 26, 2021
Open University professor’s harrowing account of what it feels like to be targeted by a trans hate mob
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Free speech Academic freedom Transgender Transphobia Censorship
  • Nov 24, 2021
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch calls for new measures to tackle workplace harassment and bullying
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Harassment Bullying University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 24, 2021
Academic decorum should not enforce silence about religious belief
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Religion Academics Free speech Academic freedom
  • Nov 21, 2021
Kathleen Stock: Every British university has people like the ones who cancelled me
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 19, 2021
Does the government really care about academic freedom?
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 19, 2021
Professor Kathleen Stock and the toxic gender debate
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Nov 19, 2021
Higher education's moral failure
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 18, 2021
Sussex University faces watchdog ‘freedom of speech’ probe after academic Kathleen Stock quit
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Transgender Transphobia Censorship
  • Nov 17, 2021
Sussex University inquiry after trans row
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University of Sussex Transphobia Transgender Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 17, 2021
Who might be England’s new free speech champion?
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Free speech
  • Nov 16, 2021
Investigation into University of Sussex
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Regulation
  • Nov 16, 2021
English regulator investigates Sussex over Kathleen Stock exit
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Regulation Free speech
  • Nov 16, 2021
Starting universities for political gain
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Free speech HE provision
  • Nov 14, 2021
The thought police have arrived with ‘trigger warning’ alarm that goes off at every offensive remark
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Trigger warnings Free speech Censorship Political correctness
  • Nov 13, 2021
John Cleese blacklists himself from Cambridge University event
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Cambridge University Speaker ban Blacklisting Censorship Free speech No platform Celebrity
  • Nov 10, 2021
You started it! Hitler parody leads John Cleese to cancel himself
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University of Cambridge No platform Free speech Censorship Blacklisting Speaker ban Celebrity
  • Nov 10, 2021
Britain needs a university of dangerous ideas, too
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship University of Sussex Microaggression
  • Nov 10, 2021
Kathleen Stock: Exiled academic joins free-speech college The University of Austin
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship University of Sussex
  • Nov 10, 2021
What is the new University of Austin for?
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 9, 2021
Kathleen Stock takes job at anti-cancel culture university that welcomes ‘thought criminals’
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Free speech Academic freedom Transgender Transphobia Censorship Cancel culture
  • Nov 8, 2021
The Free Speech Bill would have had no impact on the Stock case
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Regulation University of Sussex Freedom of speech
  • Nov 8, 2021
Kathleen Stock — free speech and fear on campus
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University of Sussex Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 5, 2021
Lecturers' union boss refuses to condemn ousting of feminist professor Kathleen Stock
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Unions Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 5, 2021
Kathleen Stock: Trans row professor ‘forced out’ by tweets
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Social media University of Sussex Transgender Transphobia Resignations Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 4, 2021
How Sussex University failed Kathleen Stock
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Transgender Transphobia
  • Nov 4, 2021
Kathleen Stock says she quit university post over ‘medieval’ ostracism
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University of Sussex Transphobia Transgender Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Resignations
  • Nov 3, 2021
Kathleen Stock ‘fled university hyperventilating’ amid transphobia row
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University of Sussex Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Nov 3, 2021
Free speech row prof Kathleen Stock: Protests like anxiety dream
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Transgender Transphobia University of Sussex
  • Nov 3, 2021
Trans-row professor Kathleen Stock backed by minister Kemi Badenoch
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Transphobia Transgender University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Kemi Badenoch
  • Nov 1, 2021
Sarah Ditum: Trans activism is on the retreat. Let’s hope Professor Stock is these bullies’ last victim
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Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship University of Sussex
  • Oct 31, 2021
Kathleen Stock’s departure shows universities can’t cope with argument
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University of Sussex Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Oct 30, 2021
Academics warn universities should stop pandering to students
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Free speech Academic freedom Transphobia Intimidation Academics
  • Oct 30, 2021
Kathleen Stock resigns: Trans students accuse Sussex Uni of depicting them as ‘powerful political operators’
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University of Sussex Transgender Transphobia Resignations Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 30, 2021
Transphobia row university professor quits after 'absolutely horrible time'
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University of Sussex Resignations Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Oct 29, 2021
Sussex university professor Kathleen Stock resigns after transgender rights row
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University of Sussex Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Resignations
  • Oct 29, 2021
Kathleen Stock resigns from University of Sussex after trans rights row
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Transphobia Transgender University of Sussex Resignations Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Oct 29, 2021
Trans-row professor quits university over ‘toxic’ environment
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University of Sussex Resignations Transphobia Transgender Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Oct 28, 2021
Sussex professor resigns after transgender rights row
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University of Sussex Resignations Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Oct 28, 2021
Gender identity row professor quits University of Sussex after horrible time
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University of Sussex Resignations Transgender Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Oct 28, 2021
Kathleen Stock quits Sussex after transgender rights row
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University of Sussex Transphobia Transgender Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Resignations
  • Oct 28, 2021
Scotland: Glasgow University accused of undermining academic freedom by apologising for ‘antisemitic’ paper
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Scotland Glasgow University Academic freedom Free speech Anti-Semitism
  • Oct 25, 2021
Glasgow University accused of undermining academic freedom in 'antisemitic' ruling
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Glasgow University Scotland Anti-Semitism Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 25, 2021
Colonel hits out at ‘howling mob’ of student protesters who disrupted university talk
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Free speech Intimidation Bullying
  • Oct 21, 2021
Kathleen Stock and Sussex University: the war over academic freedom
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 20, 2021
Open University professor ‘shunned’ for ‘transphobic’ views set to take legal action
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Open University Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Legal action
  • Oct 19, 2021
Over 200 academics call out UK universities for allowing 'trans activist bullies' to create 'hostile environment'
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Free speech Academic freedom Transphobia Activism Intimidation
  • Oct 17, 2021
200 academics tell of death threats and abuse as battle rages for free speech
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Free speech Academic freedom Intimidation Death threats Abuse
  • Oct 17, 2021
Campus in the spotlight: how Sussex became focus of row over trans rights
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University of Sussex Transphobia Intimidation Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 16, 2021
Bookshops are scared to display my work, claims trans row author Kathleen Stock
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Intimidation
  • Oct 15, 2021
Academic calls on universities minister to defend her freedom of speech
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Free speech Academic freedom Cambridge University
  • Oct 14, 2021
Shadow women's minister wades into Sussex University professor trans row
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Transgender University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 14, 2021
Michelle Donelan: Intimidation of Kathleen Stock is an attack on democratic ideals
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Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom University of Sussex Michelle Donelan
  • Oct 14, 2021
University transgender bullying row intensifies as Labour MP criticises vice-chancellor
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University of Sussex Transgender Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 13, 2021
University of Sussex: UCU statement
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Transphobia University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 13, 2021
Kathleen Stock: professor in trans row splits Labour and Tories
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 13, 2021
Kathleen Stock, trans rights and a crisis of free speech in British universities
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University of Sussex Academic freedom Free speech Transphobia
  • Oct 13, 2021
Universities union backs trans rights over threatened Sussex professor Kathleen Stock
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University of Sussex Transphobia Academic freedom Free speech Unions
  • Oct 13, 2021
Professor says career ‘effectively ended’ by union’s transphobia claims
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom Unions
  • Oct 12, 2021
Lecturers' union has 'effectively ended' my career, says professor at centre of gender identity row
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 12, 2021
Kathleen Stock: UCU statement ‘ends my career’ at Sussex
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Transphobia Unions
  • Oct 12, 2021
Union throws feminist professor under a bus in transphobia row
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 12, 2021
Universities union backs trans rights over threatened professor Kathleen Stock
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 12, 2021
Truss hits out at abuse of Kathleen Stock, professor in trans dispute
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Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom University of Sussex Safety Intimidation
  • Oct 11, 2021
Feminist university professor is told to get bodyguards after balaclava-clad students demanded she be sacked
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University of Sussex Safety Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 10, 2021
Professor accused of Islamophobia blasts university bosses for saying they 'recognised students' concerns'
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Islamophobia Bristol University Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 10, 2021
Kathleen Stock, the Sussex University professor in trans row, urged to get bodyguards
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University of Sussex Transphobia Safety Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 10, 2021
Universities have a moral duty to defend dissident academics like Kathleen Stock
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Transphobia
  • Oct 9, 2021
Thousands oppose ‘hateful’ anti-abortion society at Exeter University amid ‘free speech’ row
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University of Exeter Student societies Free speech
  • Oct 9, 2021
Thousands oppose ‘hateful’ anti-abortion society at Exeter University amid ‘free speech’ row
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University of Exeter Free speech Student societies
  • Oct 9, 2021
Professor hits back in ‘toxic’ transgender row
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University of Sussex Transgender Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 9, 2021
University of Sussex backs professor in free speech row
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University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom Homophobia
  • Oct 8, 2021
University defends ‘academic freedoms’ after calls to sack professor
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University of Sussex Transphobia Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 7, 2021
Pro-transgender activists try to ‘bully’ university into sacking professor who questioned their views
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Transphobia University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 7, 2021
Sussex University students campaign to have ‘transphobic’ professor Kathleen Stock sacked
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Transphobia University of Sussex Free speech Academic freedom
  • Oct 7, 2021
Seven takeaways from the Tory Conference
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Education recovery Free speech Post-18
  • Oct 6, 2021
Cancel culture: ‘fish out of water’ academics feel it most
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Cancel culture Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Sep 29, 2021
How a British academic's 'support group for the unwoke' is helping people fight back against social justice ideology
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Social justice Woke Cancel culture Free speech
  • Sep 28, 2021
Universities should oppose, not just refine, the Free Speech Bill
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Free speech
  • Sep 28, 2021
Jordan Peterson: Academic in Islamophobia row returns to Cambridge
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Islamophobia Free speech Fellowships University of Cambridge
  • Sep 27, 2021
'Cancel culture' as Oxford's Worcester College apologises to students for 'distress' caused by hosting Christian conference
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Cancel culture Free speech Oxford University
  • Sep 22, 2021
Cambridge vice-chancellor quits after succession of bruising battles over micro-aggressions and freedom of speech
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University of Cambridge Vice Chancellors Free speech
  • Sep 21, 2021
Cambridge vice-chancellor at centre of free speech row to step down
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University of Cambridge Vice Chancellors Free speech
  • Sep 20, 2021
Cambridge vice-chancellor in free speech row steps down
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University of Cambridge Vice Chancellors Free speech
  • Sep 20, 2021
Oxbridge student groups to be exempt from free speech law
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Oxbridge Free speech Student groups
  • Sep 19, 2021
Colleges denied chance to speak out over free speech legislation
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Free speech
  • Sep 19, 2021
‘Proportionate’ free speech bill would be ‘welcome’, says UUK
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Sep 14, 2021
Almost half of public against letting ‘no-platformed’ extremists sue universities
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Censorship Free speech Academic freedom No platform Cancel culture
  • Sep 14, 2021
Policy Exchange proposals on free speech and harassment get to the nub of the issue
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship No platform Cancel culture
  • Sep 13, 2021
Woke fightback! Equality laws could change so universities can't ban public speakers
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Woke Free speech Academic freedom Censorship No platform Equality Cancel culture
  • Sep 13, 2021
Nearly half against allowing extremists to sue universities for no-platforming
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No platform Censorship Free speech Academic freedom Legal action Cancel culture
  • Sep 13, 2021
Gavin Williamson says universities should end cancel culture and stop teaching students via Zoom
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In-person teaching Cancel culture Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Sep 9, 2021
Universities pursuing ‘divisive agenda’ by ‘cancelling national heroes’, Gavin Williamson says
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Microaggression Woke Free speech Academic freedom Cancel culture Censorship
  • Sep 9, 2021
Universities in England favour cancel culture over quality, says Williamson
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship Cancel culture
  • Sep 9, 2021
Defining the “sector percentage” of cancelled events
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Free speech
  • Sep 2, 2021
Academics speak out on rising tensions at UK-China branch campuses
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China Working conditions Free speech Academic freedom
  • Aug 19, 2021
UK academics fear reprisals for speaking out on sensitive issues
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Free speech Academic freedom Authoritarian regimes
  • Aug 18, 2021
Eton College: No sanction for former teacher in masculinity row
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Eton Free speech
  • Aug 17, 2021
Free speech victory for Eton teacher Will Knowland sacked over gender lecture
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Free speech Unacceptable professional conduct Eton
  • Aug 15, 2021
Campus class warriors are trying to cancel the free market
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Free speech Censorship Activism
  • Jul 29, 2021
LSE Class War release a radical manifesto provoking an immediate backlash from MPs and other students
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LSE University admissions Free speech Censorship
  • Jul 27, 2021
UK public ‘don’t see universities as a front line in culture wars’
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Free speech Censorship Culture
  • Jul 27, 2021
UK warning as 'woke censorship from universities slowly entering British society'
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Censorship Free speech Woke Anti-racism
  • Jul 25, 2021
Badge for 'decolonising' universities risks undermining free speech, warns watchdog chief
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Decolonisation Free speech Censorship Anti-racism
  • Jul 24, 2021
The Guardian view on academic freedom: ministers’ claims don’t add up
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Academic freedom Free speech Censorship
  • Jul 18, 2021
University charity Advance HE compromises free speech, say MPs as they demand an inquiry
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Jul 18, 2021
‘Should be ashamed': Jacob Rees-Mogg blasts Labour on free speech bill in fiery Commons row
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Free speech
  • Jul 15, 2021
Russell Group and U15 collaborate to protect free speech
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Free speech
  • Jul 14, 2021
We must defeat this woke attack on our freedom of speech
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Free speech Cancel culture Censorship Woke
  • Jul 14, 2021
Scotland: Fear of free speech is an unwelcome relic from the past
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Free speech
  • Jul 14, 2021
British universities go to Germans for advice on free speech
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Free speech
  • Jul 13, 2021
James Tooley: We must do more to protect academics from harassment
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Jul 13, 2021
Free speech bill gives legal protection to hate speech, says Labour
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Free speech Censorship Hate speech
  • Jul 12, 2021
Cancel culture is like ‘modern McCarthyism’, David Davis warns
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Free speech Censorship Cancel culture
  • Jul 12, 2021
Putting academic freedom on a solid footing
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Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Jul 12, 2021
Gavin Williamson warns university 'cancel culture' threatens UK's free speech reputation
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Free speech Censorship Cancel culture
  • Jul 12, 2021
The chilling effects of the free speech bill could be very extreme
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Free speech
  • Jul 12, 2021
Labour: campus free speech bill ‘gives free rein to extremists’
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Free speech
  • Jul 12, 2021
Gavin Williamson: ‘Cancel culture’ must not be allowed to damage free speech at universities
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Free speech Censorship Cancel culture
  • Jul 11, 2021
Labour to vote against Tory ‘hate speech’ bill
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Free speech
  • Jul 11, 2021
When free speech met three lions
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Free speech
  • Jul 11, 2021
China pose threat to UK university 'free speech' warns Tory MP
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China Censorship Free speech
  • Jul 10, 2021
Reading Uni savaged after trigger warnings introduced at lectures
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University of Reading Trigger warnings Free speech Censorship
  • Jul 8, 2021
Fury as University of Reading students are issued with 'woke' trigger warnings
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University of Reading Trigger warnings Woke Free speech Censorship
  • Jul 5, 2021
Woke schools could be fined if found showing ‘gross disregard’ for free speech
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Woke Free speech Censorship
  • Jul 4, 2021
Here’s what you need to know about staff with ‘gender critical’ views
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Free speech Gender equality
  • Jun 28, 2021
Universities twisting young minds with woke lies to be punished by law - good!
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Free speech Woke Censorship
  • Jun 21, 2021
Scotland: Students want to dictate teaching, says Edinburgh University
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Scotland University of Edinburgh Free speech Censorship Academic freedom
  • Jun 18, 2021
Edinburgh University academic cleared of wrongdoing refuses to return to teaching until complainants are 'challenged'
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University of Edinburgh Scotland Academic Discrimination Free speech Academic freedom
  • Jun 16, 2021
Don accuses Cambridge University of suppressing his pro-Brexit article
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Brexit Cambridge University Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Jun 14, 2021
Universities can help forge a new common life
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Free speech Civic activity
  • Jun 14, 2021
Scotland: Taxpayers fund software accused of stifling free speech on campus
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Free speech Scotland Microaggression Censorship Academic freedom
  • Jun 14, 2021
Queen’s birthday honours: Nigel Biggar appointed CBE after storm over his colonial views
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Queen's birthday honours Free speech Academic freedom
  • Jun 12, 2021
Williamson's Queen portrait comments 'laughable nadir' in government's authoritarian crusade
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Gavin Williamson Monarchy Colonialism Free speech
  • Jun 9, 2021
Universities ‘must be open to free speech’, says head of UCL
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Free speech Censorship
  • Jun 8, 2021
Cambridge chief under pressure to give dons a say on free speech rules
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Cambridge Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Jun 7, 2021
Only one in six in favour of no-platforming controversial speakers
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No platform Free speech Academic freedom Censorship
  • Jun 7, 2021
The real threat to free speech on campus is the NDA
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Free speech No platform Censorship
  • Jun 7, 2021
Free speech dilemma as poll suggests youngsters are less opposed than older people to 'no platforming' speakers
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No platform Free speech Censorship
  • Jun 7, 2021
Generations at odds in free speech culture war
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Free speech No platform Censorship
  • Jun 7, 2021
'Woke snitching forums' used to report lecturers' microaggressions could land universities in court
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Microaggression Free speech Academic freedom
  • Jun 6, 2021
Leading universities are accused of stifling free speech
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Free speech Inappropriate support
  • Jun 5, 2021
Lecturers who avoid eye contact could be reported as 1 in 4 top universities monitor 'microaggressions'
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Free speech Academic freedom Microaggression
  • May 29, 2021
Stonewall boss defends new strategy amid criticism
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Free speech Transphobia Homophobia
  • May 29, 2021
‘Micro-aggressions’ list was a mistake, admits Cambridge vice-chancellor
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  • May 27, 2021
Universities need a blended approach to freedom of expression
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Wharton: ‘wrong’ pick for free speech job would mean ‘challenges’
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  • May 26, 2021
Cambridge dons celebrate removal of 'micro-aggressions' website
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  • May 26, 2021
Scotland: Protect university free speech by law, Conservatives demand
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  • May 26, 2021
Cambridge dons in open revolt over 'micro-aggressions' website
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  • May 25, 2021
The 'free speech' law will make university debate harder, not easier | David Renton
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  • May 22, 2021
Cambridge accused of creating ‘police state’ where dons can be reported for raising an eyebrow
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  • May 20, 2021
What can the HE sector learn from Essex’s free speech cases?
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  • May 20, 2021
Stonewall ‘gave bad advice’ to university in free speech row
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  • May 20, 2021
Essex University chief sorry after free speech row
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  • May 19, 2021
Daniel Finkelstein: A new free speech law will harm free speech
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Essex apologises to academics disinvited over gender views
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Challenging Ofsted blogging policies and free speech
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Robust but civil debate: how the OfS protects free speech on campus
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  • May 17, 2021
People want free speech to thrive at universities … just not for racists, Holocaust deniers or advocates of religious violence
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Some big legal questions hang over the new free speech bill
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Free speech on campus means student and staff actions not state-imposed sanctions
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The government needs to grow up over free speech on campus
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Academics and officials have questioned the evidence behind Gavin Williamson’s “excessive” university free speech bill
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  • May 15, 2021
Government ‘exaggerating threat to freedom of speech to push through new laws’, says university union
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  • May 14, 2021
Gavin Williamson says holocaust deniers will 'never, never, never' be protected under new freedom of speech laws
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  • May 13, 2021
Tory minister says universities face fines unless they allow holocaust deniers to speak
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Woke threaten to rape and murder academics with courage to speak out
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  • May 13, 2021
Edinburgh University boss told to quit in free speech row
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  • May 13, 2021
At last an end to student snowflakes stifling free speech as universities clamp down on censorship
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  • May 12, 2021
Self-censorship on China biggest freedom of speech issue facing universities
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  • May 12, 2021
Student unions who 'cancel' speakers on campus could be fined £500,000 under Boris's new free speech law
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  • May 12, 2021
Cambridge Uni redefined ‘tolerance’ after Stephen Fry hit out at ‘muddled’ woke thinking
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Russell Group response to Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
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MillionPlus comment on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill
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  • May 12, 2021
It’s 1986 all over again as free speech on campus gets a bill of its own
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Jo Johnson: self-censorship on China ‘biggest free speech issue’
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  • May 12, 2021
The Freedom of Speech Bill is a huge step towards saving the soul of university education
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  • May 12, 2021
The Tory free-speech drive is a savvy electoral move
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Campus free speech law in England ‘likely to have opposite effect’
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Universities to comply with free speech duties or face sanctions
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UCU slams government free speech plans as Trojan horse for increasing power over staff & students
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Universities could face fines over free speech breaches
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English universities fear legal minefield under free speech bill
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Strengthening free speech laws `will counter chilling censorship on campuses
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New laws to protect university free speech
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Scotland: Edinburgh University chief urged to quit over free speech
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Queen’s Speech: bills on skills and campus free speech planned
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Scotland: ‘Stellar’ lecturer suspended after students accuse him of racism
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  • Apr 28, 2021
I read every paper in the first issue of the Journal of Controversial Ideas
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  • Apr 27, 2021
Scotland: Puritan bullies are trying to end my career, claims lecturer
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Russell Group universities set out principles to protect free speech
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  • Apr 22, 2021
Elite universities vow to fight cancel culture to protect 'diversity of ideas'
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UK universities urge government to be ‘proportionate’ in free speech legislation
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  • Apr 22, 2021
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  • Apr 9, 2021
Student watchdog's new head vows to end 'deeply unhealthy' university cancel culture
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New student watchdog chief pledges to end cancel culture
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Leicester University may strip professor of title over social media barbs
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  • Apr 8, 2021
Batley Grammar School announces independent investigation into Prophet Muhammad cartoon incident
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  • Mar 31, 2021
Justin Welby backs free speech in Batley Grammar School Prophet cartoon row
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  • Mar 31, 2021
Academic developers should be critical in the culture wars
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  • Mar 26, 2021
Blaming decolonisation for limiting free speech is a red herring
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  • Mar 25, 2021
Why “academic freedom” is no defence of the Bristol University professor David Miller
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  • Mar 22, 2021
Free speech at universities under threat from 'creeping therapeutic culture'
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  • Mar 19, 2021
Scotland: Aberdeen University student banned from union for saying Rule Britannia in debate
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  • Mar 19, 2021
Bahram Bekhradnia: The White Paper on free speech is intellectually flimsy
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  • Mar 17, 2021
It’s the government that’s about to have a chilling effect on student free speech and expression
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  • Mar 15, 2021
Ruth Davidson pregnancy video: Watchdog explains decision to clear teacher
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Cambridge University students host free-speech event for silenced academics
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  • Mar 8, 2021
Academic advocates no-platforming ‘words or ideas’, not speakers
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  • Mar 8, 2021
Universities must learn how to disagree again
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  • Mar 8, 2021
Scotland: Glasgow University cancels eugenicist lecture by economist Gregory Clark
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  • Mar 7, 2021
Ignore this manufactured crisis: free speech is alive and well in our universities | John Bowers and David Isaac
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  • Mar 5, 2021
Oxford study shaping free speech plans ‘could have been improved’
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  • Mar 2, 2021
Is Michelle Donelan deliberately trolling us now?
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  • Mar 1, 2021
Gavin Williamson using 'misleading' research to justify campus free-speech law
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  • Feb 27, 2021
What if…? Thoughts on Gavin Williamson’s ‘landmark’ proposals to strengthen ‘free speech’ at universities
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Scotland: Glasgow University in wokeism row for cancelling ‘eugenics’ talk
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  • Feb 25, 2021
Daniel Finkelstein: Bristol University should sack conspiracist professor
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  • Feb 23, 2021
HE needs the right rules to protect free speech and tackle degree fraud
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  • Feb 22, 2021
The sector should resist calls to junk work on race and racism
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  • Feb 22, 2021
The free speech emperor has a smattering of new clothing
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  • Feb 22, 2021
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  • Feb 20, 2021
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  • Feb 19, 2021
Should culture on campus demonstrate tolerance or respect for controversial views?
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  • Feb 19, 2021
Exeter University in no-platforming row as societies told to uninvite external speakers
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  • Feb 18, 2021
Universities are facing pressing issues. ‘Free speech on campus' isn’t one
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  • Feb 18, 2021
I was bullied for standing up for free speech at university – now I'm suing
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  • Feb 17, 2021
A new 'free speech champion' may end up doing the opposite | Alison-Scott Baumann
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  • Feb 17, 2021
Anti-Brexit 'harassment' forced academics into 'underground group' to protect free speech
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  • Feb 17, 2021
Response to the new announcements on free speech and academic freedom
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  • Feb 17, 2021
The government will offer a lifeboat to sinking free speech on campuses
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  • Feb 17, 2021
Top colleges at Oxford are in the grip of 'unconscious bias' training
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Gavin Williamson’s proposals on free speech and universities are a half-baked mess
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  • Feb 16, 2021
UK government criticised over plans to oversee free speech at universities
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Gavin Williamson hits out at campuses that ‘stifle freedom of speech’
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Academic freedom can’t be legislated into existence
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  • Feb 16, 2021
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Landmark proposals to strengthen free speech at universities
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  • Feb 16, 2021
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  • Feb 16, 2021
UCU response to government 'free speech' proposals
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Russell Group responds to free speech measures
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  • Feb 16, 2021
This is not the first government crack down on free speech in universities
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Government free speech proposals represent a breakdown of trust and confidence
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  • Feb 16, 2021
‘Free speech’ group claims victory over Oxford college
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Plan for campus free speech post prompts autonomy warning
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Podcast: Are new campus free speech laws really necessary?
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Gavin Williamson launches plan to protect free speech and combat ‘unacceptable silencing’
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Proposed free speech law will make English universities liable for breaches
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Boris to announce new measures to combat 'cancel culture' at universities
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Students and academics will be able to sue universities for censoring free speech under planned Government crackdown
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Measures to protect free speech on university campuses unveiled
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  • Feb 16, 2021
New free speech rules target English universities
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Tories accused of war on 'phantom threats' to free speech with university fines plan
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  • Feb 16, 2021
‘Free speech’ academics can seek legal redress
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  • Feb 16, 2021
Matthew Goodwin: Academics like me live in fear of the woke hate mob
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  • Feb 15, 2021
Margaret Thatcher's old Oxford college Somerville makes all students take an 'unconscious bias' test
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  • Feb 15, 2021
Universities could be fined for ‘stifling free speech’
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  • Feb 14, 2021
Government to appoint 'free-speech champion' for English universities
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  • Feb 14, 2021
Scotland: Ruth Davidson ‘fatherless child’ comments are my free speech, insists teacher
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  • Feb 10, 2021
Gavin Williamson slams outgoing chairman of student watchdog for failing to protect free speech on campuses
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  • Feb 9, 2021
Russell Group response to student-led proposals to champion campus free speech
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  • Feb 1, 2021
Universities should get behind students’ unions if they want to secure freedom of speech on campus
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  • Feb 1, 2021
Our radical student-led proposals will secure and champion campus free speech
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Who should meet the costs of campus free speech?
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There is a debate about free speech on campus. Just not the one you think.
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Sir Michael Barber in free speech plea to stop university groupthink
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  • Jan 20, 2021
Understanding the IHRA definition of antisemitism
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  • Jan 11, 2021
Students quit free speech campaign over role of Toby Young-founded group
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  • Jan 9, 2021
Old Etonians threaten to withhold millions in row over sacked teacher Will Knowland
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  • Dec 21, 2020
The free speech row at Cambridge will restrict, not expand, expression | Priyamvada Gopal and Gavan Titley
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  • Dec 18, 2020
University 'safe spaces'? As I found, they're a danger to us all | Andrew Doyle
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  • Dec 17, 2020
The Free Speech University Rankings stage a dramatic Christmas comeback
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  • Dec 17, 2020
Cambridge University with growing 'cancel culture' named one of the worst for free speech
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  • Dec 17, 2020
Cambridge University plunges into 'red' category for free speech amid rise of 'cancel culture'
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  • Dec 17, 2020
Severe crackdowns on freedom of speech at a third of universities
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  • Dec 16, 2020
Eton teacher breaks silence to say college was 'backed into a corner' after upholding decision to sack him
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  • Dec 15, 2020
Will Knowland: Eton governors back teacher’s sacking
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  • Dec 15, 2020
Sacked Eton teacher loses appeal despite uproar from pupils
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  • Dec 14, 2020
Eton’s dismissal of a Master was justified, appeal panel rules
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  • Dec 14, 2020
Keep exposing young to ideas that provoke, Gavin Williamson tells universities
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  • Dec 11, 2020
Cambridge University urged to re-invite rightwing academic Jordan Peterson
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  • Dec 10, 2020
Victory for free speech as Cambridge plan defeated
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  • Dec 10, 2020
Cambridge University rejects proposal it be 'respectful' of all views
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  • Dec 9, 2020
Cambridge scholars force through free speech policy changes
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  • Dec 9, 2020
Cambridge University votes to safeguard free speech
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  • Dec 9, 2020
Eton backed over sacking of Will Knowland
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  • Dec 9, 2020
Dismissed Eton teacher seeks Act of Parliament to reinstate him to his post
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Eton teacher who was sacked in free speech row is pictured as he attends appeal hearing
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Former Eton students write letter backing under-fire headteacher
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  • Dec 8, 2020
'Like section 28 and gay rights': fears UK schools being silenced from discussing racism
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Harvard professor Steven Pinker withdraws support for dismissed Eton tutor
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Sacked teacher claims Eton refuses to supply appeal with letters of support
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  • Dec 8, 2020
Eton parents fear their children are being indoctrinated by a woke political agenda
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  • Dec 7, 2020
Why this Eton mess isn't any of Williamson's business
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  • Dec 7, 2020
Equality law to blame for Eton free speech row, says rival head master
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  • Dec 7, 2020
Simon Henderson: ‘Trendy’ Eton head backed by parents in sacking row
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  • Dec 7, 2020
Eton sacking of tutor over 'gender roles' lecture 'could jeopardise the school's charitable status'
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  • Dec 6, 2020
Scottish law lecturer hits out after gagging by university over 'trans' comments
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Eton's leaders on brink of 'farce', says former master
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  • Dec 5, 2020
The Cambridge professor fighting ‘academic McCarthyism’
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Cambridge University accused of seeking a fight over free speech
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Mandated ‘respect’ for others’ opinions hurts free speech
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Teacher's dismissal exposes fissures over Eton College modernisation
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Eton is daft to sack a teacher for being a bit bonkers. Most of the best ones I knew always were
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Eton head defends decision to sack teacher in free speech row
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Girl, 14, takes on police over pupils’ right to free speech
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  • Dec 4, 2020
Eton head Simon Henderson defends top public school's record on free speech
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Eton head offers 'no apology' for free speech row
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Backlash grows as former Eton pupils bombard school with letters in wake of sacking of English tutor
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Eton heading for a regime of indoctrination, warns master
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Eton is trampling on the freedom to think | Jenni Russell
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  • Dec 3, 2020
Eton pupil sent home after sending headmaster letter demanding he resigns
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  • Dec 2, 2020
Eton pupil calls for head to quit over sacking of YouTube teacher
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  • Dec 2, 2020
Eton teacher sacked in lecture row says his campaign to be re-instated is a fight for free speech
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  • Dec 1, 2020
Eton College faces donor backlash over free speech row
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  • Dec 1, 2020
Eton provost will not rule on Master's dismissal after backing Head Master in free speech row
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  • Dec 1, 2020
Eton master who claims he was fired in defence of free speech wrongly stated that 40-60% of sex attack accusations are false
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  • Nov 30, 2020
The Eton paradox: how Britain’s most elite school went woke
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  • Nov 30, 2020
Eton is elitist - that’s the point. Don't turn it into a woke joke
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  • Nov 30, 2020
Staff backlash over Eton's aggressively woke cultural revolution as 1,000 pupils sign petition to reinstate sacked teacher
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  • Nov 30, 2020
Provost of Eton College says school prides itself on independent, critical thinking amid freedom of speech row
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  • Nov 30, 2020
‘Aggressively woke’ Eton faces huge staff backlash as free speech row loses control
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  • Nov 30, 2020
Eton insists master's dismissal was 'not an issue of free speech'
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  • Nov 29, 2020
800 Etonians in revolt after teacher is sacked for questioning radical feminist dogma on 'toxic masculinity'
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  • Nov 29, 2020
If even Eton falls to the woke, we might as well give up on education
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  • Nov 28, 2020
Eton students turn on headmaster over teacher's dismissal
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  • Nov 28, 2020
Free speech row erupts at Cambridge as academics revolt over new rule
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  • Nov 28, 2020
Cambridge academics oppose ‘freedom of speech’ rules
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  • Nov 27, 2020
Eton College dismisses teacher amid free speech row prompted by lecture on masculinity
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  • Nov 26, 2020
More than a quarter of students 'self-censor' their opinions because they fear their university's woke cancel culture
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  • Nov 22, 2020
The Times view on Chinese influence at Scottish universities: Degree of Caution
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  • Nov 17, 2020
Freedom of speech and its consequences
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  • Nov 10, 2020
Terrorist and plane hijacker addressed Leeds University students and advocated 'armed struggle'
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  • Oct 27, 2020
Are corporate overreach and political correctness really undermining academic freedom?
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  • Oct 15, 2020
Universities plan secret seminars to tackle spies
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  • Oct 15, 2020
The government is serious about winning the culture wars – universities need to be ready
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  • Oct 12, 2020
Academics want say over university deals with hostile regimes
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  • Oct 12, 2020
If this is a free speech culture war, we’re calling a ceasefire
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  • Oct 9, 2020
Does academic freedom permit no-platforming?
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  • Oct 2, 2020
Legal threat over anti-capitalist guidance for schools in England
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  • Oct 1, 2020
The Tories' ban on anti-capitalist resources in schools is an attempt to stifle dissent | Owen Jones
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  • Oct 1, 2020
'You're state funded!' Gavin Williamson in angry warning at 'crazy' universities
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  • Sep 28, 2020
Edinburgh and Stirling student unions ‘fail’ abortion activists
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  • Sep 28, 2020
Teach that 'no platforming' is 'harmful', schools told
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  • Sep 25, 2020
New legislation will not eliminate student no-platforming
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Students must have the right to avoid talks which offend them, university chief says 
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