Is Labour Bending to US Pressure on Free Speech?
Has American pressure on Labour over free speech paid off? An unexpectedly robust statement about academic freedom from Bridget Phillipson this week suggests it may well have, says Julian Mann.
Tag: Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act
Kathleen Stock’s Former University Fined Record £585,000 for Failing to Uphold Free Speech in Trans Policy
Kathleen Stock’s former university, the University of Sussex, has been fined a record £585,000 after it was found to have "failed to uphold" freedom of speech and academic freedom as a result of its transgender policy.
Labour U-Turns Over University Free Speech as it Brings Back Tory Law – But Removes its “Teeth”
Labour has U-turned over university free speech as it brings back a Tory law clamping down on 'woke' cancel culture – but removes its "teeth" by dropping the ability of academics to sue their institutions.
The Students Silenced by ‘Woke’ Ideology on Campus
On British university campuses, all students are expected to toe the radical progressive line on issues such as gender, colonialism and the Israel-Palestine conflict. But some brave students are fighting back.
Bridget Phillipson Tried to Pull the Plug on New Free Speech Law Days After Election
Court documents obtained by the Telegraph show that Bridget Phillipson tried to pull the plug on the Freedom of Speech Act as one of her first acts as Education Secretary.
University Free Speech Law Set to be Brought in Next Year
In today's Times, the Govt has trailed the fact that it intends to part-commence the Freedom of Speech Act. Even though we haven't go everything we wanted, this is a solid win for those groups campaigning to save the Act.
Stephen Fry, Tom Holland and Ian McEwan Among Authors Telling Government to End Cancel Culture by Implementing University Free Speech Act Without Delay
Stephen Fry, Tom Holland and Ian McEwan are among a group of over two dozen top authors who have signed a letter telling the Government to end "cancel culture" by implementing the university Free Speech Act without delay.
Education Secretary Faces Court Over Shelving Free Speech Laws
Bridget Phillipson is bracing for a High Court showdown as the Free Speech Union gears up to challenge her decision to halt free speech laws designed to protect academics from cancel culture.
An Open Letter to a Midwit Labour MP on Why the Freedom of Speech Act is Not a ‘Tory Hate Speech Charter’
Oxford law don Julius Grower has written an open letter to Mark Ferguson, the Labour MP, pointing out that he has misunderstood the Freedom of Speech Act, imaging it would protect Holocaust denial on campus. It would not.
Free Speech Row as Durham University Debate Society Banned by Student Union Over “DEI Non-Compliance”
A freedom of speech row has erupted at Durham University as one of its oldest societies, the 182 year-old Durham Union debating society, was banned from taking part in freshers' fair over "DEI non-compliance".
