Detailed statements about Free Speech issued
Our major Freedom of Information campaign about resource allocation between EDI and free speech protection may well shock you
First Director of Free Speech appointed
We are delighted to see that Professor Arif Ahmed has officially been appointed
More good news…Oxford Union to remain at Freshers’ Fair
(02.06.23) You will probably have read about the Oxford Union/Students’ Union (OUSU) controversy, in which the OUSU announced that it was going to exclude the Oxford Union from the University’s Freshers’ Fair next year because it would be having Prof. Kathleen Stock as a speaker. Following an uproar and pressure from various organisations (see our […]
Universities Freedom of Speech bill finally becomes law
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 is now law
Update: Free Speech concerns at Sussex fall on deaf ears
(18.05.23) On 6 April, AFFS finally received a reply from Sussex Vice Chancellor, Professor Sasha Roseneil to its free speech concerns explained in its detailed letter of 10 February 2023 (see our original letter here). As can be seen here, Professor Roseneil’s short email completely failed to engage with the detail of the issues we […]
Update: Edinburgh University’s security failures causes cancellation of screening of “Adult Human Female” for a second time
(18.05.23) Following the disruption by Trans activists of the first attempt by Edinburgh Academics to show “Adult Human Female” on 14 December 2022, we wrote to the Principal and Senior Lay Member, Janet Legrand KC, asking them to facilitate a rescreening. See our letter here. Despite an encouraging response from Ms Legrand KC 14 March […]
Update: St Andrews continues to stonewall on disclosing training materials
(18.05.23) St Andrews has responded to our request for an internal review of its refusal to provide materials and questionnaires relating to its, potentially unlawful, mandatory EDI training for students and staff by doubling-down on its refusal and seeking to rely (for the first time) on an additional exemption. Read St Andrews review letter here. […]
Update: St Andrews. The Herald and The Sunday Times publish articles about zero expenditure on free speech in the context of high EDI costs
£235k a year on EDI and nothing on free speech
Update: Cambridge. We have reported them to the Office for Students.
(26.04.23) Despite repeated attempts to get the University of Cambridge to set matters right re their compliance and governance failures regarding the Helen Joyce affair, we are not aware of any action having been taken and have therefore reported our findings to the Office for Students. Please see our letter here.
Update: St Andrews. We have written to request an internal review.
(17.04.23) Following consideration of St Andrews’ refusal to disclose the contents of its mandatory EDI training for students and staff in response to our Freedom of Information Request, we have now written requiring an internal review, saying that we will take the matter to the Scottish Information Commissioner unless the contents of these controversial (and […]
