Academic freedom is under threat around the world – here’s how to defend it
Not only do some countries perpetrate direct attacks on students and academics but the internationalisation of higher education has also created new global threats.
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How political leanings affect views on academic freedom – new research
Right-leaning respondents were consistently more supportive of academic freedom.
Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation
When scholarship is politically steered, the public loses access to evidence and the means to hold power to account.
Academic Freedom: universities must take a stance or risk becoming complicit with Chinese government interference
There is growing concern that China is trying to use universities to silence its critics in the West.
Academic freedom: repressive government measures taken against universities in more than 60 countries
Universities are increasingly under threat everywhere.
Academic freedom: I spent four months at UAE’s national university – this is what I found
Durham University student Matthew Hedges has been jailed for life for ‘spying’ in UAE.
How freedom of expression in academia is under threat from academics themselves
Universities need to protect people with different ideas.
Israel‑Gaza war is having a chilling effect on academic freedom – podcast
The second of two episodes of The Conversation Weekly podcast exploring how the Israel-Gaza conflict is affecting life at universities.
Safe space hand wringers are attacking academic freedom – we must fight back
Academics must teach students how to think – not what to think.
Brexit, academic freedom and where the law stands on universities being quizzed about what they teach
Are British universities under threat of censorship?
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