Frank Furedi

Sociologist, commentator and author of Culture of Fear, Where Have All The Intellectuals Gone?, Paranoid Parenting, Therapy Culture, and On Tolerance: In Defence of Moral Independence.
 
       
 

academic freedom and free speech

This principle is not negotiable
Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 July 2007
If monitoring Muslim groups threatens free speech, then surely boycotting Israeli academics does too.

Grumbling won’t change a thing
The Times Educational Supplement, 28 July 2006
For too long academics have let others decide their fate - except over pay

Buck the trend, dare to be nasty
Times Higher Education Supplement, 5 May 2006
A buyers' market is causing universities to be soft on students, but it's time to rebel

What’s wrong with cheats
The Guardian, 28 March 2006
The cooption of parents as unpaid teachers is at the root of Britain's plagiarism epidemic

Dissent? Not today, thank you
Times Higher Education Supplement, 9 September 2005
Freedom of speech is no longer a fashionable cause. It is suffering from a bad case of academic indifference

A degree is now a rite of passage
Times Higher Education Supplement, 17 June 2005
University qualifications have become the minimum requirement for getting a job. Welcome to the credentialist academy.

For accreditation, see indoctrination
Times Higher Education Supplement, 6 May 2005
Courses in teaching have little to do with producing better lecturers and much to do with learning to conform

The new Chief Inquisitor on Campus
spiked, 16 February 2005
From ethics committees to ‘learning outcomes’, the threat to academic freedom comes from within the university as much as from without.

You’d better make some noise while you can
Times Higher Education Supplement, 11 February 2005
It's time to take risks in the name of academic freedom

Symbol Clash
Parliament Magazine, 31 January 2005
The swastika: intolerance is not a way to engage with a symbol of hatred. [pdf format]

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