A branch of Academics for Academic Freedom for all the universities in Birmingham. #FreeSpeech Academics For Academic Freedom Edinburgh Academics for Academic Freedom London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom Student Academics For Academic Freedom Committee for Academic Freedom Canterbury & Kent Academics For Academic Freedom Buckingham Academics For Academic Freedom The Free Speech Union

Thank you Sonia Sodha for this excellent piece. "Academic freedom – the freedom of scholars to question existing orthodoxies and put forward new ideas – is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge and is a building block of democracy." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Please join us at the Academics For Academic Freedom annual conference in London. Date: Saturday 23 November Time: 1300 - 1700 Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Street, WC1R 4RL #FreeSpeech afaf.org.uk/afaf-annual-co…

City St George's hosted a debate yesterday on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act #HEFOSA which was shelved by the Labour govt. Thanks to Anna St George's, University of London (1752-2024) for hosting the debate, and to all the panellists for their thoughtful contributions. #FreeSpeech

"By holding the debate, everyone in the room was showing their commitment to starting this cultural change. Others declared their position by their absence." Is the era of #NoDebate coming to an end? #HEFOSA #FreeSpeech

Now that’s how it’s done. All credit to University of Glasgow Principal Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli Anton Muscatelli and COO and Secretary Dr David Duncan David Duncan for protecting academic freedom and free speech. #FreeSpeech

“Survey after survey indicates that a growing number of members of the academic community self-censor … One survey after another show that the majority of undergraduate students self censor.” Frank Furedi asks why we don’t speak our minds on campus. open.substack.com/pub/frankfured…

I can't put this better than Abhishek Saha has. "Creating liability risk for universities that neglect their free speech duties is the most effective way to ensure that free speech is always factored in, substantively, to decision making." #HEFOSA #FreeSpeech

Congratulations, Professor Pike. 🍾

Belated happy new year! We hope 2025 started well for you. We are encouraged to see the government rethinking the proposal to scrap #HEFOSA but agree with Iain Mansfield that "any watering down of the Act would be a disappointment". archive.is/k2bYk

"The Woke Professor Trying to Get Elon Musk Expelled From the Royal Society" Thanks Toby Young and The Daily Sceptic dailysceptic.org/2025/02/18/the…