Academic Freedom

Body to Fight Cancel Culture Formed by 100 Top U.K. Academics

Over 100 academics from top U.K. universities have formed the London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom, with the goal of protecting free speech, intellectual diversity and open discourse on university campuses.
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Durham University Promotes ‘Decolonisation’ of Degree Courses With a ‘Woke Toolkit’ to Remove Non-inclusive Content

Durham University is encouraging academics to 'decolonise' degree courses by providing them with a 'woke toolkit' aimed at removing non-inclusive content from lessons.
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Twenty Years of Teaching Science in Public School Down the Covid Drain

These are snooping, snitching, massive canceling, censorious times. I just talked with a friend who is in San Francisco who has been working hard as a science teacher. He has opened up the curriculum, has worked to be in his school’s union and he has just gotten married. That’s 55, now, and he has to […]
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Project UATX: New Universities, Old Problems

Among the motivations behind establishing a university is a desire to leave old ones.  Old in tooth, depraved, decayed, the assumption is that a new institution will return to original purposes on the pretext that these are truly radical.  This, on the face of it, is the purpose of The University of Austin (UATX) – […]
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Over 500 Scholars Launch Fightback Against Israel Lobby’s Antisemitism Smear of UK Academics

The question, raised by the petition and letter of complaint, is whether universities like Glasgow will continue to submit to such attacks on academic life under the cover of false or evidence-free claims of anti-Semitism.
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After success against Corbyn, Israel lobby ousts UK scholar

Britain’s pro-Israel lobby gained another important scalp last week after a prolonged campaign of intimidation finally pushed a major UK university into firing one of its lecturers. Bristol University dismissed David Miller, a political sociology professor, even though an official investigation had concluded that accusations of antisemitism against him were unfounded. Research by Miller, a […]

Take Down this Blog, or Else!

No no no, that is not too harsh. Sub-humans? Really, that’s wrong, off the mark or just plain mean? One of a thousand examples pulled from my file cabinet — I was substitute teaching in the Lincoln County School District. At the High School in Waldport. You know, short notice, no notes from the teacher […]
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