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academic freedom
Without Freedom in Our Universities, Our Progress in Human Knowledge Will Stall: Abhishek Saha
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Professor Abhishek Saha, founding member of London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom, who explains why the currently paused Higher Education Act is crucial for ...
November 19, 2024
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Lee Hall
The Chinese Regime Is Interfering With Britain’s Academic Freedom: Michelle Shipworth
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Michelle Shipworth, associate professor of energy and social sciences at University College ...
October 22, 2024
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Lee Hall
Poll Backs More Freedom at New Zealand Universities
A new poll by the NZ Free Speech Union, conducted by Curia Market Research, shows support for funding ...
May 10, 2024
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Rex Widerstrom
UCL Accused of Banning Lecturer to Placate Chinese Students
Associate Professor Michelle Shipworth said she was kicked off her own module after asking why China has 'so ...
March 11, 2024
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Lily Zhou
Professor: Private Schools in ‘The Poorest Slums’ Show How UK Parents Can Avoid Woke Agenda
The University of Buckingham vice-chancellor also said he wants university students to be challenged instead of given a ...
January 18, 2024
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Lily Zhou
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Lee Hall
Does Academic Freedom Protect Genocidal Anti-Semitism?
Commentary American and Canadian university campuses rang for weeks on end with celebrations of Hamas’s “great victory” of ...
December 9, 2023
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Philip Carl Salzman
Ian Pace: Academic Freedom is at the Very Heart of What Makes a University a Great Institution. We Need to Fight for It | British Thought Leaders
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Professor Ian Pace from City, University of London. Ian is a founding ...
November 16, 2023
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Lee Hall
Doctor Sues Mayo Clinic Over Alleged Discipline for Interviews
A professor at Mayo Clinic medical school said his academic freedom is under threat.
November 15, 2023
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Bill Pan
What’s Wrong With the Universities, and How to Fix It: Part 3
In this installment, I identify two other factors that aggravate the problems in universities: The misuse of accreditation ...
October 31, 2023
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Rob Natelson
What’s Wrong With the Universities, and How to Fix It: Part 1
In this series, I explain why our colleges and universities are laboring under a toxic cultural virus. I ...
October 19, 2023
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Rob Natelson
Top Australian University Urges Students to Complain About Foreign Interference
UNSW, a top Australian university warns students to report “foreign government harassment” they see in classrooms.
August 18, 2023
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Cindy Li
Doug Stokes: ‘The West Needs to Rediscover Its Identity so We Can Save Our Culture’ | British Thought Leaders
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Professor Doug Stokes, Director of the Strategy and Security Institute at University ...
May 21, 2023
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Lee Hall
London Ontario’s Public Library Bans Society for Academic Freedom
Commentary In mid-May, True North columnist Andrew Lawton reported that the London Public Library in Ontario refused to ...
May 18, 2023
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William Brooks
Dennis Hayes: ‘Academics in Favour of Free Speech get Viciously Attacked, and Vilified on Social Media’ | British Thought Leaders
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Dennis Hayes, emeritus professor of education at the University of Derby and ...
April 27, 2023
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Lee Hall
What I Learned When Students Tried to Cancel Me
Commentary Even being attacked can be educational and enlightening. In November 2020, eight official student groups published a ...
February 7, 2023
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Philip Carl Salzman
Laval U Prof Gets Second Suspension for COVID Vax Comments, 4 Months No Pay
A professor at Laval University in Quebec City has been suspended for the second time by the institution ...
February 2, 2023
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Noé Chartier
Experts Take the Pulse of Free Speech in Canada
Some political leaders maintain Canada’s free speech rights are in jeopardy. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has proposed having ...
January 31, 2023
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Tara MacIsaac
The Lessons of Hamline University
Commentary After showing a painting of the Prophet Muhammad in her art history class, professor Erika López Prater ...
January 24, 2023
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Stuart Chambers
Hate and Fear Are Now Major Motivators on Campus
Commentary Almost every university in North America has committed to what is called “social justice,” which is the ...
October 11, 2022
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Philip Carl Salzman
Barbara Kay: Canada Needs an Academic Freedom Act to Protect Viewpoint Diversity in Universities
Commentary The Ottawa-based Macdonald-Laurier Institute used to run a lively series called The Great Canadian Debate. In 2014 ...
September 27, 2022
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Barbara Kay
87 Percent of Canadian Professors Lean Left, Study Shows
A new paper released by a Canadian think tank suggests the vast majority of the country's professors identify ...
September 16, 2022
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Lee Harding
Laval University Professor Suspended for Child COVID Vaccination Criticism Faces New Disciplinary Threat
A Quebec university professor of infectious diseases who was suspended during the summer for calling into question the ...
September 15, 2022
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Noé Chartier
University Professors Love ‘Social Justice’ and Critical Race Theory, but Hate Israel
Commentary The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) earlier this year courageously took a stand against “threats to ...
September 12, 2022
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Philip Carl Salzman
Treatment of Laval Professor Patrick Provost Concerns Quebec Academics
Two Quebec academics say they are concerned about the censure and censorship of professors in the province who ...
July 7, 2022
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Lee Harding
2nd Laval University Professor Suspended for Questioning the Need to Vaccinate Children for COVID
A second professor from Laval University in Quebec City has been suspended for questioning the need to vaccinate ...
July 4, 2022
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Noé Chartier
Academic Freedom, Quebec Style
Commentary On June 3, the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, passed an Act respecting academic freedom in the ...
June 28, 2022
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Gabriël Moens
It’s Going to Be a Long March Back to Academic Freedom
Commentary In the 1960s and ’70s, we witnessed the spread of increasingly radical ideologies in North America. In ...
May 23, 2022
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William Brooks
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