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Director of the CERI at SciencesPo, Stéphanie Balme conducted a study for France Universités, an organisation whose members are presidents of universities, titled “Defending and promoting academic freedom. A global issue, an urgent matter for France and Europe. Findings and proposals for action.” She shares some of her insights here.

Why are we so horrified by difficult topics, asks Steven Pinker

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

Case taken by academics against two colleagues and the university is considered a major test case for hate speech in Australia

The lack of intellectual pluralism undermines the truth-seeking function of the university.

Scarcely a week goes by without lecturers being cancelled, says Toby Young. Why?

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where I'm now a Senior Fellow, has long offered up-to-5-year paid in-residence positions (with… The post Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics) appeared first on Reason.com.

A GROUP of Jewish academics working at universities across Scotland have condemned "unfounded, irresponsible and dangerous" attempts by…

The decision is the most thorough in a line of recent court decisions reaching similar results.

Research by UWE Bristol academics also found a disconnect between parental concerns over phone use and actual negative experiences pupils reported.