The banning of a poster depicting the Flying Spaghetti Monster as God is the latest attempt by UK student unions to crack-down on the free speech of students
Five things banned from university campuses
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CATEGORY: Academic Freedom
UK campus protests: Who said what?
Your guide to the controversy surrounding recent demonstrations at Sussex University and the University of London
Belarus: academic freedom persecuted
Authorities of Belarus want to join the Bologna process without changing their old-style system of education, and the thing they want the least is academic freedoms, writes Uladzimir Matskevich
Controversy on campus: six university speakers that caused outrage
As the body representing UK vice-chancellors releases new guidelines on external speakers on campuses, we look at some cases where they could have been put to use
Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng to leave New York University amid claims of Chinese government pressure
Chen Guangcheng will leave his position at New York University at the end of this month, and has claimed that his departure is tied to pressure from Chinese authorities on the university. Sara Yasin reports
The attack on knowledge
MAGAZINE Academic freedom is in danger. Thomas Docherty explains how cuts are damaging universities across the UK
Soldiers in the fight for the open society need reinforcements
Academics worldwide face economic and political attacks that restrict their freedom to challenge convention, says Jo Glanville
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...
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...
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
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
