The Cardiff Academic Freedom Association (CAFA) was launched on 18 April 2024 to promote academic freedom and freedom of speech at Cardiff University. CAFA is strictly independent and non-partisan; it […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
Academic freedom - the responsibility to speak your mind and challenge conventional wisdom - defines the university and stands as a model for open debate.| Academics For Academic Freedom
A blog about a forthcoming book by Thomas Prosser and Edmund King| Academics For Academic Freedom
A check list of examples of how any university can ensure and promote free speech.| Academics For Academic Freedom
In memory of Samuel Paty, the Parisian teacher, murdered by an Islamist on 16 October 2020.| Academics For Academic Freedom
We, organisations from across the moral, political and ideological spectrum, including faith groups and secular organisations, write to express serious concern about the UK Government’s ongoing efforts to adopt a […] The post An Open Letter on the Government’s Proposed Definition of “Islamophobia” appeared first on Academics For Academic Freedom.| Academics For Academic Freedom
Dr Jane Mahony denounces the cowardly indifference of Trinity College Dublin to academic freedom and to its own consultative processes. On 5 June the board of Trinity College Dublin voted […] The post Academic freedom has been shredded at Trinity College Dublin appeared first on Academics For Academic Freedom.| Academics For Academic Freedom
This is a press release about the referral of Steven Greer’s case to the Office for Students. The University of Bristol has been referred to the Office for Students (OfS) […] The post Steven Greer and the University of Bristol appeared first on Academics For Academic Freedom.| Academics For Academic Freedom
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert discusses the new DDU report| Academics For Academic Freedom
In this guest post, Darren Gee discusses the reforms needed to restore ‘genuine academic freedom’. There is an increasingly palpable sentiment that the elite educational institutions across the Western world […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
Sean Parker* gives a personal snapshot of the AFAF and SAFAF online gathering on International Academic Freedom Day 20 May 2025 “There is no university in the country that will […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
A letter to all UK Universities from the London Universities’ Council for Academic Freedom, Alumni for Free Speech, Academics For Academic Freedom, Committee for Academic Freedom, Pharos Foundation, Student Academics […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
Extracts from a GB News article on the groups fighting for free speech on campus| Academics For Academic Freedom
Do we already have blasphemy laws? Don Milligan thinks o.| Academics For Academic Freedom
SAFAF convenor, Heather McKee, spoke at a meeting of the Croydon Constitutionalists.| Academics For Academic Freedom
Ten years after the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, AFAF declares #JeSuisToujoursCharlie.| Academics For Academic Freedom
Tim Crowley gave this entertaining and insightful talk at the AFAF Annual Conference 2024 ‘Academics for Academic Freedom’: I want to begin by just reflecting on this phrase. What does […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
At the AFAF Conference student voices were loud. Many of their stories were subject to Chatham House Rules but here is a snapshot of their contributions. The big message to […]| Academics For Academic Freedom
Professor Abhishek Saha's talk at the AFAF Annual Conference 2024| Academics For Academic Freedom
