Higher education: free speech and academic freedom

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Higher education: free speech and academic freedom (print version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-2418-3, CP 394PDF, 1.86MB, 44 pages

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This report details how the government proposes to strengthen freedom of speech and academic freedom in higher education in England by:

• appointing a Free Speech and Academic Freedom Champion to the Office for Students board
• requiring the Office for Students to introduce a new registration condition on free speech and academic freedom
• strengthening existing legal duties on higher education providers to actively promote free speech
• extending existing free speech duties to apply to students’ unions directly
• enabling individuals to seek legal redress as a result of a breach of the duty
• widening and enhancing academic freedom protections

It also sets out how we will work with higher education providers to:

• set minimum standards for free speech codes of practice
• ensure that free speech and academic freedom are upheld to a high standard