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Free speech & protest
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How (and why) to respond to OfS’ consultation on new conditions of registration for free speech
17/09/26
What SUs can learn from new complaints about free speech
28/08/26
How to carry out a free speech “proportionality assessment”
07/08/26
What SUs (in England) need to know about the Office for Students’ guidance on freedom of speech (v4)
07/08/26
New research on students and free speech: What SUs need to know
28/05/26
The essential (revised and updated) guide for SUs to the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
06/05/26
What SUs need to know about the Sussex free speech judgment
29/04/26
Student responsibilities enter the charter as rights come under attack
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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20/04/26
If your Amnesty group wants the university to sign its Defend Dissent Charter, here’s what you need to know
01/04/26
Senedd Election 2026 Manifesto Watch: Reform UK
05/03/26
North of 49: Youth has the power to affect the world
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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29/01/26
North of 49: Crazy Marxist nonsense
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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27/01/26
We have never received a single complaint
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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03/01/26
Should SUs and their universities be doing more on far-right extremism?
22/10/25
Tensions on campus and beyond – legal rights and regulatory risks for SUs
08/10/25
Is the CCP interfering in UK universities through SUs and their Chinese student societies?
04/08/25
Proscription of Palestine Action: Implications for students and SUs
23/06/25
Sabbs as trustees, codes of conduct, free speech and the St Andrews Rector case
29/05/25
Those who fight don’t always win, but those who don’t fight always lose
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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21/04/25
Understanding the right to protest and the Youth Demand incident in London
31/03/25
Sussex, OfS and free speech – what might the implications be for SUs?
26/03/25
We’re taking action to strengthen free speech on campus
Lauren Amdor
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SU blog
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28/02/25
Protected beliefs – when can an SU censor a member of staff?
27/02/25
There is no contradiction between being radical and being responsible
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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25/02/25
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