Charter required to protect academic freedom
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, Comment on 27. Nov, 2008 | 0 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 our [...]
Paul Mees: Notes from Academic Freedom Forum
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, Comment on 25. Aug, 2008 | 0 Comments
Paul Mees’ public statements on his controverial departure from the University of Melbourne at the recent NTEU academic freedom forum are now available.
You can read his statement, and comment on it, over on the “debate” page.
Robert Pascoe – Universities have a duty to foster freedom of ideas
Posted by admin in Academic Freedom, Comment on 29. Jul, 2008 | 0 Comments
Robert Pascoe’s recent opinion piece in The Age stated:
If Australia is to continue to thrive, its intellectuals must be supported in undertaking bold and imaginative research. University managers do not see it quite that way. They are competing against other universities, and against outside organisations that are in the same business of generating new ideas [...]
