Killing thinking: how political correctness taught us what NOT to sayThursday February 11, 2010Dennis Hayes offers a guide to the arguments that academics, including students, use to kill open debate and critical thought |
'No platform' is no platformed: but so is debateMonday October 26, 2009Dennis Hayes reflects on how debate and protest have become pantomime versions of what they once were |
Body and soul: the changing face of higher educationTuesday March 24, 2009Universities are failing in their duty to defend individual freedom and are becoming more like schools, says Dennis Hayes |
The post-politics of emotional correctnessWednesday February 25, 20092009 got off to a bad start and looks like being a bleak year for freedom of thought, or for any thought at all, argues Dennis Hayes |
Fighting talk: taking liberties with libertyMonday December 15, 2008Dennis Hayes, Citizen Number 127659, wonders where the struggle went in the “struggle” for freedom of speech |
Time to no platform 'no platform'Friday October 31, 2008Not before time there’s a growing backlash against the NUS thought police, say Dennis Hayes and Richard Reynolds |
Academic freedom means free speech and no "buts"Tuesday March 4, 2008Academics have a responsibility to challenge conventional wisdom, argues Dennis Hayes |