Freedom to speak or freedom from harm?
Mike Day and Jim Dickinson take a look back at the at the debate over the Education Act 1986, which was designed (but arguably failed) to curtail “No Platform” policies in SUs.
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Mike Day is an international student experience consultant and student movement historian
Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe
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