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Francis, Mary Anne – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2020
This article notes that while there is a large literature lamenting increasing assaults on academic freedom, there is little literature to address ways in which it might be preserved. Sampling that writing, it finds some concern with protecting academic freedom in extreme scenarios, via discrete programmes, and generalised dissidence, but no…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Humanities, Research, College Faculty
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Leaton Gray, Sandra; Whitty, Geoff – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
Since the 1988 Education Reform Act, the teacher's role in England has changed in many ways, a process which intensified under New Labour after 1997. Conceptions of teacher professionalism have become more structured and formalized, often heavily influenced by government policy objectives. Career paths have become more diverse and specialised. In…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Activism, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Universities UK, 2011
This report considers the role of universities in promoting academic freedom and freedom of speech, and some of the constraints surrounding these freedoms. These issues are not straightforward and are often contested. The report does not offer easy solutions or absolute rules but seeks to map out the different considerations that might need to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Role, Freedom of Speech