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TopicFree speech & protest

Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.

Student rights are human rights

Frederikke Veirum Høgsgaard|SU blog|21/04/22

Universities should oppose, not just refine, the Free Speech Bill

Jack Ballingham|SU blog|03/10/21

MPs have been scrutinising the free speech Bill

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|10/09/21

It’s all coming up: Nine issues for SUs to prep for in the year ahead

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|26/08/21

It is Prevent that chills free speech on campus

Howard Chae|SU blog|14/05/21

Universities need to create safe but critical spaces for debate – here’s how

Alison Scott-Baumann|SU blog|12/04/21

Student politics is too important to cut off from support

Becky Thomson|SU blog|19/03/21

Shouldn’t students’ unions be free from worrying about others’ free speech?

Jim Butcher|SU blog|19/03/21

Ten things SUs can do now on free speech and political diversity

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|15/02/21

Covid precarity is radicalising a new generation of students

Sean Porter|SU blog|11/12/20

Consensus statement: Freedom of speech and students’ unions, guilds and associations – next steps

Meg Price|SU blog|13/11/20

Getting comfortable with direct action

Sean Porter|SU blog|18/06/20

What was different about the campus free speech battles of the 1990s?

Evan Smith|SU blog|12/05/20

From blunders to “petty McCarthyism” – the fall and rise and Turning Point UK

Jack Harvey|SU blog|10/03/20

The debate over “no-platforming” may end up sucking the life out of campuses

Robert Liow|SU blog|08/03/20

Student officers need support and training when it comes to the media

Omolade Adedapo|SU blog|04/07/19

Student misconduct guidelines- unintended consequences?

Phil Pilkington|SU blog|10/11/16

Freedom of speech and SUs- what’s really going on?

Jim Dickinson|SU blog|15/03/16

The difference between being triggered and offence

Benjamin M Williams|SU blog|25/01/16

Freedom to speak or freedom from harm?

Mike Day|SU blog|28/02/15

The War on SUs

Mike Day|SU blog|03/11/14