Cambridge Uni free-speech policy ‘authoritarian’, say academics
Proposed changes to Cambridge University’s free-speech policy have been branded “authoritarian” by academics.
The university is seeking to alter its existing statement on freedom of speech to call on “staff, students and visitors” to be “respectful” of “differing opinions” and “diverse identities”.
However, more than 100 scholars and senior staff say the proposals could threaten academic freedom and have called on members of the University’s governing body to amend the plans before the new statement is introduced....