How can unis balance academic freedom with the need to protect against antisemitism?
Students are returning for the start of the academic year. The do so amid highly-charged debates around racism and antisemitism in Australia.
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Academic freedom is sacrosanct. But so is ethical responsibility
The active and uninhibited dissemination of knowledge is vital for the advancement of knowledge.
University presidents’ trip to Israel undermines academic freedom and democracy
When universities are seen as favouring one position on the Palestine/Israel issue, their ability to uphold academic freedom as a fundamental tenet of democracy is jeopardized.
Governance legislation for Scotland’s universities is not a government plot to seize control
Scotland’s four ancient universities have come out against government proposals to reform the sector. Here the university principal behind the proposals defends his thinking.
New UK anti‑lobbying rule misses the target in battle against the dark arts
Not all lobbying is bad. Some of it does a lot of good.
Criticisms of academic freedom miss the mark and risk the integrity of scholarship
Academic freedom is increasingly caught up in partisan debates around freedom of speech. But the idea behind it is not only vital but shared across many other professions.
Academics fear the value of knowledge for its own sake is diminishing
Are we in danger of losing academic freedom?
How authoritarian regimes use education as a political tool
Governments can spread their ideas and principles through the processes and organisations they use to maintain power. This includes education.
We should be grateful that Universities UK has taken a stand against Brexit
UUK’s ‘Universities for Europe’ campaign is a welcome contribution to a debate that is inevitably partial.
Poland is trying to rewrite history with this controversial new holocaust law
Criminalising suggestions that Poland was complicit in German atrocities during World War II denies history and will hinder scholarship.
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