We are the joint branch of Academics For Academic Freedom for the universities in Birmingham. See https://xitter.cf/t.co/KM9a9l3z5P
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"The Woke Professor Trying to Get Elon Musk Expelled From the Royal Society"
Thanks @toadmeister and @LD_Sceptics
dailysceptic.org/2025/02/18/…
Belated happy new year! We hope 2025 started well for you. We are encouraged to see the government rethinking the proposal to scrap #HEFOSA but agree with @IGMansfield that "any watering down of the Act would be a disappointment".
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I can't put this better than @ObhishekSaha has.
"Creating liability risk for universities that neglect their free speech duties is the most effective way to ensure that free speech is always factored in, substantively, to decision making."
#HEFOSA
#FreeSpeech
🧵1/ Powerful editorial from The Times, calling upon the government to implement the HEFOSA.
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"None of the government’s retrospective attempts to justify its ill-motivated junking of the bill survives scrutiny." Hear, hear.
A Thread. 🧵
“Survey after survey indicates that a growing number of members of the academic community self-censor … One survey after another show that the majority of undergraduate students self censor.”
@Furedibyte asks why we don’t speak our minds on campus.
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Now that’s how it’s done. All credit to @UofGlasgow Principal Professor Sir Anton Muscatelli @UofGVC and COO and Secretary Dr David Duncan @UofGCOO for protecting academic freedom and free speech.
#FreeSpeech
"By holding the debate, everyone in the room was showing their commitment to starting this cultural change. Others declared their position by their absence."
Is the era of #NoDebate coming to an end?
#HEFOSA
#FreeSpeech
City St George's hosted a debate yesterday on the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act #HEFOSA which was shelved by the Labour govt.
Thanks to @CityUniLondon @StGeorgesUni for hosting the debate, and to all the panellists for their thoughtful contributions.
#FreeSpeech
🧵 1/ A thread on the big debate on HEFOSA that took place this evening at City St George's. @ianpacemain @MShipworth @akuareindorf @jim_dickinson @NewsfromCity @CityUniLondon @CitySociology @Cityintpolitics
Please join us at the @AFAF_freespeech annual conference in London.
Date: Saturday 23 November
Time: 1300 - 1700
Venue: Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Street, WC1R 4RL
#FreeSpeech
afaf.org.uk/afaf-annual-conf…
Thank you @soniasodha for this excellent piece.
"Academic freedom – the freedom of scholars to question existing orthodoxies and put forward new ideas – is fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge and is a building block of democracy."
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
A branch of Academics for Academic Freedom for all the universities in Birmingham. #FreeSpeech
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