Academic Freedom & Free Speech

12 March 2021 SPIKED Too many on what passes for the left today are keen to dismiss the free-speech crisis in universities as a...

Published on spiked 14 September 2020: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/14/the-crusade-against-the-enlightenment/ Edinburgh...

18 May 2020 RT YouTube has set itself up as the world’s thought police over Covid-19 and is shutting down the voices of highly respected...

I became a university lecturer almost 50 years ago, in 1974. At that time in British higher education, there were occasional attempts to...

In this series, writers give their verdict on the previous decade and predictions for the next. Here, Frank Furedi reflects on the decade...

During the past decade, and especially this year, those in positions of influence have tried to change the narrative through which...

The issue of language is becoming more and more acrimonious and controversial. Politicians are attacked not so much for their views and...

As a university professor and fervent advocate of academic freedom and free speech, I felt uneasy when I heard that an international...

As if Australia Day isn’t dangerous enough for the culturally insensitive, we are now advised not to celebrate the Australian belief in...

The meaning of a “safe space” has shifted dramatically on college campuses. Until about two years ago, a safe space referred to a room...