Academic freedom

The prime minister’s role in appointing university leaders under question as Cabinet attempts to change status quo

The broad approach taken by the OfS’ guidance on free speech will safeguard orthodoxy-challenging work, say Abhishek Saha and Ian Pace

The regulator’s example scenarios fail to acknowledge the harm that even lawful speech can cause on campus, say Naomi Waltham-Smith and James Murray

AAUP plans dozens of events on day of new congressional hearing against student protests, challenging university leaders to better protect academic independence

Extending England’s proposed threshold for legal recourse would encourage universities to adopt delaying tactics, says Abhishek Saha

Both sides claim a win, with Pavlou lauding ‘legacy’ and university saying legal fees have been put to better use

Despite explicit exemption for fundamental research, Greens warn that new regime will stymie collaboration ‘outside Aukus bubble’

Regulator outlines how institutions could respond to various scenarios as it prepares to exercise new duties

Requiring grants for research time previously given as standard will lend funders undue power over topics and methods, says Dennis Tourish

Conservative attempts to silence professors face a difficult hurdle for now in Congress, but keep gaining ground in individual states

Harvard campus drama made famous by Bryan Cranston makes European premiere as Gaza protests debate adds fresh relevance

Scholars are growing increasingly wary of conducting research on and in China as the country strengthens national security laws

Adam Habib says institutions that spoke out over Ukraine ‘immediately invoked institutional neutrality’ on Gaza, questioning whether they would have done the same in relation to Nazi Germany

Lawmakers say legislation is needed to ensure students’ First Amendment rights are protected, with financial penalties for institutions that do not comply

Codifications of how university missions preclude institutional positions would guide expectations and responses, says Paul Gooch

Short deadline for universities dealing with issues internally will ‘inundate’ regulator with partially investigated cases, sector fears

National Education Policy prioritises institutional autonomy but controls remain tight despite attempts to decentralise

Academic freedom is particularly at risk in countries with pronounced social and political polarisation, report says

Some of the country’s biggest institutions have suffered bruising defeats of late despite the justice system generally favouring the powerful. What explains this losing streak and will it change anything?

Heriot-Watt researcher Kate Sang says Michelle Donelan ‘made a cheap political point at my expense and caused serious damage to my reputation’

Michelle Donelan faces calls to apologise as equality committee at centre of Gaza free speech row set to reconvene

Tolerance and respect are still expected, but a new kind of deference to group identity is emerging among students, say Stephen Hawkins and Mylien Duong

Care needed to avoid scaring off doctoral students and burying officials in paperwork, senators hear

Academic leading sex and gender research review for government also criticises ‘shocking failure of leadership in sector’ after professor’s tribunal win against OU

The behaviour of some has effectively served to chill the views of others. But this flies in the face of universities’ core role, says Dawn Freshwater

Mari Sundli Tveit says academia depends on ‘openness, cross-border cooperation and mobility’

Debate risks legitimising dehumanising ideologies, but rebutting such views is how progress has always been made, says Eric Heinze

In latest escalation, Republicans insist documents presented by university to date do not go far enough

A competing human rights framework would help the likes of Jo Phoenix and her critics into a dialogue shaped by active listening, says Andy Hargreaves 

Academic leaders should stay out of politics to encourage debate and promote expertise, says Daniel Diermeier

Administrators toughen policies and responses after watching Ivy League presidents ousted

Supporters of Ghassan Hage claim his dismissal follows a ‘smear campaign’ responding to his condemnation of ‘war crimes’ in Palestinian territories

David Miller argued his views on Israel were a protected characteristic in ‘landmark’ case

Lawyers say ruling shows need for universities to intervene to protect staff, but how does that fit with free speech duties?

Scholar found to have faced ‘hostile environment’ due to gender-critical views warns ruling has implications for all universities, but fears more troubling cases to come

‘Heightened’ crackdown on academic freedom expected as party committees merge with presidents’ offices on leading campuses

Amid creeping political influence over universities, both academics and students are oddly quiet, says Mukhtar Ahmad

Vice-chancellor announces ‘major independent review’ after acknowledging ‘in several areas we fell very short’

Dismissal over workload dispute ‘merely the latest ploy’ in Australian university’s long-running campaign to oust ‘conservative academic’

A change in atmosphere has encouraged academics to return to the country where they were once maligned, but funding pressures and issues with polarisation continue

European Commission stresses that ‘with academic freedom comes academic responsibility’, aiming to ‘de-risk, not to de-couple’ scientific collaboration

Jamus Jerome Lim, who raised issue in Singaporean parliament, says diverse ideas must be ‘allowed to circulate and be subject to debate’

Government says that higher education institutions manage their own events but that it might advise them to “respect…wider social norms”

Codes’ vague, narrow and toothless provisions are failing to promote the safety and well-being of all university community members, says Richard Joseph

As high-profile case drags on, legal experts say issues regulator has faced are a harbinger of what is to come

While Republicans seek momentum from fiery hearing and Penn ousting, professors gain clarity on the size of the fight ahead

New complaints scheme may help ensure more open debates on campuses in time but Gaza crisis necessitates action now, say campaigners

People ‘backing off’ from higher education should ‘have another look’, says departing Universities Australia boss

Inclusion of symbol of Palestinian resistance on flyer leads university to pull permission for staff-student session discussing current situation

But institutions may face paying regulator’s costs under new proposals outlined by England’s new free speech champion

UNC chancellor’s move to Michigan State also comes after years of trustee interference

‘Branding opportunity of a lifetime’ raises awareness of Gulf state’s campuses

University of Tehran plans outposts in India, Iraq, Syria and Georgia, plus closer ties with Russia and China

Ivy League university denies Joan Donovan’s claim that huge donation turned leaders against her

Criticism of lecture shows close link between government foreign policy and attacks on freedom of expression, according to scholars

Brown University becomes centrepiece for ending financial ties to Israel, after three Palestinian college students shot in Vermont

Universities have long taken diverse stances on difficult current issues, proud of their ability to intervene thoughtfully and respectfully, says Harvey Graff

Sacked neuropathologist Manuel Graeber says university was happy with his work before he lodged disclosure about management

Free tuition also to be switched from first to last year of tertiary study, under pact between new governing parties

With potentially worrying changes to Australia’s research security arrangements odds-on to proceed, universities want clarification on amendments