Academics worldwide face economic and political attacks that restrict their freedom to challenge convention, says Jo Glanville
Soldiers in the fight for the open society need reinforcements
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CATEGORY: Academic Freedom
India: University professor arrested over anti-Mamata cartoons
A university protester has been arrested for allegedly spreading derogatory cartoons against "respectable persons" in India. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a chemistry professor at Jadavpur University in Bengal, was arrested on Friday (13 April) for...
Northern Ireland Police threaten academic freedom
As a crucial legal battle comes to a head, Anthony McIntyre explores the contempt for academic research and protection of confidential sources behind the courtroom drama
The downside to international education partnerships
I worked in higher education in Bahrain at the College of Arts, University of Bahrain from 2007-2008, and at Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain --- founded in 2008 as a key part of the Crown Prince’s “Bahrain 2030 Vision” from...
Testing academic freedom
Three years later, the Nottingham University “terrorism” row rumbles on —- first reading was made a crime, now internal criticism. Jane Fae reports
PAST EVENT: Academic freedom in the 21st century
Academic Freedom in the 21st Century, panel discussion chaired by Mark Stephens. 15 April, University of East London
Science shouldn’t shut down discussion
The furore over Michael Reiss’s comments on creationism signify a worrying tendency that is bad for academic freedom and for science, says Steve Fuller On 16 September, Michael Reiss (pictured) resigned from his post as director of education at the...
New guidelines for combating campus extremism
In a move designed to tackle the threat of extremism on university campuses, the UK government issued updated anti-terrorism guidelines for academics on 22 January. The recommendations state that universities should have a clearly defined freedom...
Free speech on campus is a key Index on Censorship project to defend and expand freedom of speech at colleges and universities around the world