Tag: free speech

Under the new legislation, new freedom of speech and academic duties would be placed on universities and, for the first time, on student unions. Individuals would be granted a right to seek compensation through the courts if the freedom of speech duties of an institution or student union had been breached.

"Compared to the cutting-edge and culture-shaping Spitting Image of the 80s and 90s, this reboot seems to have taken out its dentures and started sipping the political and environmental crises through a straw."

A recent headline warned ‘it’s time for Boris to tackle the tyrannical silencing of free speech on our campuses’. Having not realised I was studying in...

The Oxford University Student Union (SU) has condemned “hateful material in mandatory teaching”, after a motion on 'Academic Hate Speech' passed in Student Council...

Oxford University’s public condemnation of UNWomen Oxford UK Society’s decision to 'no-platform' Amber Rudd came after communication with the Department of Education and internal...

The Committee of Oxford College JCR Presidents (PresCom) has published an Open Letter expressing their “disappointment and deep concerns" with the University of Oxford's...

An Oxford professor has been provided security by the University over fears she may face physical violence and intimidation from trans rights activists. Selina...

Last week the Oxford Union played host to the Oxfordshire finals of the Debating Matters championship. The competition for sixth-form students took place as part of...

"The people’s whose future depends on this question are overwhelmingly against the thing we have decided for their future. That’s a problem."

The question of who deserves our attention does not allow us easy answers.