A new study has found that about a third of academics at a leading U.K. university had flown to at least one meeting in the past year, despite a large majority expressing concern about aviation emissions.
In a victory for free speech, Bernie Spofforth, who was arrested and held in custody for 36 hours because of a tweet she posted on the eve of the Southport riots, has been told by the police she'll face no further action.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The Free Speech Union has formally begun its judicial review of the Government's decision to 'pause' the Freedom of Speech Act, naming Prof Arif Ahmed, the Govt's 'free speech tsar' as an interested party.
Alexis Quinn, the mother of a 14 year-old with SEN at a private school, is taking legal action against the Government for imposing VAT on school fees, claiming it breaches the European Convention on Human Rights.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ‘climate emergency’, public health ‘crises’ and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The furore over Kirstie Allsopp's decision to allow her 15 year-old son to go interrailing is ridiculous. Sending teenagers off on adventures is a great way to build confidence and self-reliance.
Of the 66 universities making redundancies or cutting costs, 43 gave their vice-chancellors a pay rise last year. Meanwhile, V-Cs are demanding the taxpayer bails out the bankrupt organisations they're running.
The Education Secretary shelved the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act in part because British universities wanted to protect their commercial operations in authoritarian states such as China.
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