Universities increasingly face criticism over freedom of expression, from a perceived
increase in regulation, such as safe-space policies and no-platforming, to claims they are …

Executive summary Britain's universities are world-leading. Yet there is growing concern that
academic freedom in these institutions is being undermined in a way that departs from the …

Recently the alarm has been raised–basic freedoms are under attack in our universities. A
generation of 'snowflake'students are shutting out ideas that challenge their views …

The question of the form that academic freedom takes and how it can be maintained in the
context of the internationalisation of universities has become prominent in the UK in recent …

Freedom of speech and extremism in university campuses are major sources of debate and
moral panic in the United Kingdom today. In 2018, the Joint Committee on Human Rights in …

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Freedom of speech in universities is currently an issue of widespread concern and debate.
Recent empirical findings in the UK shed some light on whether speech is unduly restricted …

In this report, we contribute to this global debate by reporting findings from a new and
unique survey of academics who are currently working in some of the world's leading …

Once it was the Left that argued for the freest possible speech on campus, and the Right that
argued there must be limits and restraint. It was Berkeley radicals who ignited New Left …

Universities have always faced pressure to fall into line with the world-view of dominant
political forces. Until the 1980s, the main victims of attacks on academic freedom were …