A new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute shines a light for the first time on university debating unions and the speakers they invite onto campus.
The new research by Josh Freeman, published as No Platform: Speaker Events at University Debating Unions (HEPI Report 153), is based on statistical analysis of student events and interviews with student organisers to examine concerns about bias and no-platforming.
The report investigates speaker events at the LSE and Cambridge that received national media attention and uncovers new cases of cancelled or contested events.
