Last month, @GavinWilliamson gave UK universities a "final warning" – if they didn't take action to uphold free speech the govt would.
Tonight, Amber Rudd's invitation to speak at the UNWomen's Oxford Society was withdrawn at the behest of student activists – a clear breach of
Tonight, Amber Rudd's invitation to speak at the UNWomen's Oxford Society was withdrawn at the behest of student activists – a clear breach of
@UniofOxford's own policy on free speech, as drafted by Timothy Garton Ash and Ken Macdonald, as well as the @EHRC's guidance on free speech at universities published last year, and could be a breach of Oxford's legal duty to uphold free speech under s43 of the Education (No 2)
Act 1986.
What's the point of putting these policies in place if universities aren't going to observe them?
This is the second major 'no-platforming' incident at Oxford in five days. The Free Speech Union lodged a formal complaint with the relevant authorities about the first
What's the point of putting these policies in place if universities aren't going to observe them?
This is the second major 'no-platforming' incident at Oxford in five days. The Free Speech Union lodged a formal complaint with the relevant authorities about the first
and it will do the same about this one. But the time is rapidly approaching when the govt must take action.
If student activists are allowed to no-platform speakers who's views they disagree with at Oxford, that will send a terrible message to the rest of the university sector.
If student activists are allowed to no-platform speakers who's views they disagree with at Oxford, that will send a terrible message to the rest of the university sector.
