Academic Freedom & Free Speech

Does the word ‘ladies’ make you feel unsafe?

The culture of safetyism on campus is becoming increasingly absurd 22November 2021 https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/11/22/does-the-word...

The free-speech crisis is not a right-wing myth

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...

The crusade against the Enlightenment

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

Dystopian and disturbing: Big Tech censorship lumps together conspiracy loons and proper scientists

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...

How to win the campus free-speech wars

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

Our right to free expression is in crisis - can we call ourselves a democracy if we don't encourage

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

In 2020, we need to fight the new thoughtpolice

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

The war over words

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

Academics need courage, not anonymity

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

Review: Not safe, just absurdly soft

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

Campuses are breaking apart into ‘safe spaces’

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