Dennis Hayes

Abroad thoughts from home Tuesday May 18, 2010 Dennis 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 electorate Wednesday May 5, 2010 Dennis 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 say Thursday February 11, 2010 Dennis 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 debate Monday October 26, 2009 Dennis Hayes reflects on how debate and protest have become pantomime versions of what they once were

Body and soul: the changing face of higher education Tuesday March 24, 2009 Universities are failing in their duty to defend individual freedom and are becoming more like schools, says Dennis Hayes

The post-politics of emotional correctness Wednesday February 25, 2009 2009 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 liberty Monday December 15, 2008 Dennis 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, 2008 Not 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, 2008 Academics have a responsibility to challenge conventional wisdom, argues Dennis Hayes