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Compelled speech is the antithesis of academic freedom. If you are concerned please show your support and sign our statement, below.
Academics at a London university are being made to take a test they can only pass by professing the “correct” opinions.
Compelled speech is a hallmark of authoritarianism and must always be resisted.
My latest post is now up! Read here: andrewdoyle.org/p/the-tyrann…
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On 12 November @ProfDHayes will be discussing whether free speech is absolute with @Opropriodaniels and @VPupavac. Tickets are already selling well. Don't miss this Battle of Ideas Satellite event. #battlefest @acadofideas @postgradafaf @StudentAFAF @LeedsUniAFAF @SheffUnisAFAF @DerbyUniAFAF @NottUnisAFAF @SAFAF_Bham @BhamUnisAFAF @DerbyUni @CityofDerby
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A huge welcome to all the new graduates starting their first year. I am sure you will have seen the importance of standing up for academic freedom. Show your solidarity by signing our statement and sharing with your classmates and flatmates.
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For those students who are about to embark on their first year, or are returning, and are concerned about academic freedom, read and sign our statement here - afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
Amidst ongoing challenges to Academic Freedom a reminder, if you haven’t already, to sign our statement- afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement
Now is a good time to show your support for academic freedom by signing our statement -
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If you are work in academia, are a student, or an alumnus that is concerned about the state of academic freedom, please read and sign our statement - f.org.uk/afaf-statement/
Sussex University beat the free speech regulator in court, letting it off the hook for its failure to protect Kathleen Stock. Prof. Abhishek Saha explains why tougher enforcement powers are now needed. dailysceptic.org/2026/05/03/…
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🚨Puberty Blockers Judicial Review🚨
The Court has granted an 8 week stay to allow concerns about the trial to be considered.
Crucially, it has been confirmed that child recruitment will not commence before proceedings in the High Court have been determined (by end of July).
Show you support freedom of speech in Universities by signing our statement - afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
If you are a student concerned about restrictions on freedom of speech at your university please sign our statement on Academic Freedom - afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
Student Unions are openly declaring their dislike of freedom of speech. In response to the creation of a @reformparty_uk society, here is York SU encouraging students to write to their MP to help change the law so that student unions do not have to uphold free speech.
And of course, they turned comments off on the post.
Excellent point ⬇️⬇️⬇️. Please sign our statement to show support for academic freedom. whitehouse.gov/presidential-…
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If you work in Higher Education, or are a graduate, please sign this. Academic freedom of speech, to debate and question a variety of views is integral to high-quality education. We don't want generations of students who are scared to think outside the box or to question.
John's experience is truly disturbing, and sadly not isolated in academia. For those who wish to support academic freedom, you can sign our statement at - afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
For those in academia, including students, who are worried about the chilling effects of cancel culture, please read and sign our statement on academic freedom - afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
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A narrow window of acceptable views is a step towards establishing an orthodoxy in academia.
Show your support for Academic Freedom by signing our statement - afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/
For @thetimes Weekend Essay, @dfkodsi and I have written about the warping effects of academia's widespread indulgence of woke theorising -- taking in the efforts to sound the alarm on the part of @Docstockk, @byrne_a, @aytchellesse, @jdoyleDoyle1. Many of academia's political moderates have shirked their responsibility to enforce standards, perhaps thinking naively that various bad, intellectually and socially destructive, theories could be quarantined to their various subdisciplines without triggering a wider collapse in standards. They, we argue, were wrong.
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For those attending (and for those who would like to but are unable) if you haven't already, please sign our statement on academic freedom.
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The second AFAF Annual Conference takes place this Saturday. We have over 20 speakers and network members will be gathering from the UK, Ireland and Australia. @StudentAFAF @DubUnisAFAF @EdinUniAFAF
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All academics, professional staff @UniOfBuckingham and alumni (of any university or college) can join @AFAF_freespeech simply sign the AFAF Statement...
Our annual conference takes place on 23 November in London. It is an in-person event for AFAF network members only. If you believe in free speech 'no ifs, no buts' sign our statement and you will be sent an invitation. @StudentAFAF
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🚨This Thurs 🚨
If you're in or around #Derby, don't miss this fabulous #Battlefest satellite from East Midlands Salon with @TimandraHarknes on "Is technology the problem?" ⤵️
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Just a week until we have @TimandraHarknes speaking at the #Battlefest satellite in Derby. Tickets are selling fast. Don't miss out! @acadofideas @LivingFreedomUK @DerbyUni @derbyshire_live @BBCDerby @CityofDerby @DerbyEvents @derbyshireprom1 @derbypromo
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This is the kind of nonsense students are facing in the States and here at home in the UK. Being forced to use or not use language because it's pushing "heteronormativity" 🙄
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Hi @redrumlisa, if you would like to show your support for academic freedom, our statement is available to read and sign at the link below.
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If you believe in academic freedom, add your signature here:
afaf.org.uk/afaf-statement/