Arif Ahmed reflects on legacy of Stephen Toope VC at Cambridge and challenges to academic freedomhttps://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/22/how-cambridge-succumbed-to-censorship-and-how-we-fought-back/ …
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Prof. Nigel Biggar summarises findings of several policy reports in UK documenting large numbers of academics and students self-censoringhttps://www.thearticle.com/the-political-suppression-of-academic-freedom-is-no-right-wing-myth …
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Jordan Peterson to return to Cambridge in move widely seen as symbolic of the turning tide https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jordan-peterson-academic-in-islamophobia-row-returns-to-cambridge-mfqmjhssf#:~:text=Jordan%20Peterson%3A%20Academic%20in%20Islamophobia%20row%20returns%20to%20Cambridge,-Nicola%20Woolcock%2C%20Education&text=Jordan%20Peterson%2C%20the%20controversial%20academic,visit%20the%20institution%20in%20November ….
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Comprehensive report finds significant number of academics are willing to discriminate against right-leaning academics. 1 in 3 in UK would not hire known Brexit supporterhttps://cspicenter.org/reports/academicfreedom/ …
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UK academic urged to consider security after bullying and harassmenthttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/kathleen-stock-the-sussex-university-professor-in-trans-row-urged-to-get-bodyguards-2khmgzk98 …
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Research in Canada suggests significant numbers of students and staff are self-censoringhttps://www.townoflaronge.ca/most-university-professors-claim-to-have-censored-themselves-the-survey-reveals/ …
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UK government brings Higher Education and Academic Freedom Bill which will shift emphasis to promoting academic freedom & ensuring protection of those persecuted for beliefshttps://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2862
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The Times leader. "It is no hyperbole to say that the defence of Professor Stock, a cogent thinker and valiant voice for women’s rights, is now the defence of liberty itself"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/9c463e40-2ac7-11ec-a1c0-649c1183346f?shareToken=1b1c6bd730c7e1497eaf70c44ceda237 …
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MIT cancels lecture after "Twitter mob" targets academic who suggested that academic evaluations should be based on merit. Princeton hosts lecture instead. Thousands register to attend.https://nypost.com/2021/10/11/thousands-register-for-geophysicists-lecture-at-princeton-after-mit-cancels/ …
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New study in UK finds 45% of young Zoomers & 38% Millennials "feel scared" that there are others with different values, vs. only 28% among the over-40s. Young also more likely to back speech restrictions than old.https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/our-work/research/democratic-repair/ …
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What percentage of those over 40 would be comfortable talking to a member of the Irish Republican Army or the Nation of Islam?
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Replying to @HeerJeet @GoodwinMJ
I have no idea why you thought this rhetorical question made these results seem any less absurd.
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agreed; also, I went to college in the 80s (I'm 61) & we did have 2 NOI speakers come to our school. There were certainly protests but no one shut them down, no one demanded they be disinvited.
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