Abroad thoughts from homeTuesday May 18, 2010Dennis Hayes argues that we need to invoke the spirit of John Stuart Mill at home as well as abroad on International Academic Freedom Day (20 May) |
The debate deficit: how the 2010 election has failed the electorateWednesday May 5, 2010Dennis Hayes wonders why, in an election without debate, none of the political contenders came out as the ‘therapy party’ |
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 |