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Posted by admin in Academic Freedom on 07. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
Universities in the United Kingdom are grappling with the problem of how to tackle extremism, while maintaining academic freedom. The BBC reports: Universities UK president, Steve Smith, said there had to be a balance between security and freedom of speech. “It is essential that as a society we respond rationally to the issue of extremism,” [...]
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, News on 20. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
Since the announcement that the Commonwealth Government would act to legislate to protect academic freedom, we have seen this important right be turned into a political football. Mike Riddiford writes in The Australian: As befits such a protean concept, issues of academic freedom, or lack thereof, are pivotal to many academic controversies. For instance, when [...]
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, Comment on 27. Nov, 2008 | No Comments
Prof. George Williams from University of New South Wales writes in Advocate – the NTEU National Journal – about the need to have a charter to protect academic freedom. The best way forward is not only to oppose specific threats to academic freedom but to support with a coalition of like interests broader reform to [...]
