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An Act to make provision in relation to freedom of speech and academic freedom in higher education institutions and in students’ unions; and for connected purposes. Citation: 2023 c. 16: Introduced by: Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Education (Commons) Frederick Curzon, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords (Lords) Territorial extent
Following a series of incidents in 2014 where students at various schools sought to prevent controversial commencement speakers, [5] the Committee on Freedom of Expression at the University of Chicago was formed and charged by the President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Eric D. Isaacs in July 2014, to draft a statement that would articulate the University of Chicago's "overarching commitment to ...
For policy debaters, who debated the same topic for an entire year, the number of cards could quickly become overwhelming, sometimes requiring 100,000 pieces of paper and 50 boxes of cards per team. [32] As internet research became more accessible, teams began moving to entirely paperless debate, storing research on Word documents.
Campus speech has become a subject of debate in recent years, especially on the right, where activists have accused college administrators of suppressing the free speech rights of conservatives.
The study of speech acts is prevalent in legal theory since laws themselves can be interpreted as speech acts. Laws issue out a command to their constituents, which can be realized as an action. When forming a legal contract, speech acts can be made when people are making or accepting an offer. [41]
The Free Speech Movement was the first US student movement that became a focus of scholarly attention into student activism. [ 116 ] The largest student strike in American history took place in May and June 1970, in response to the Kent State shootings and the American invasion of Cambodia .
National Students for Justice in Palestine did in fact celebrate the October 7 terrorist attacks. So did individual chapters of Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Socialists of America . These ...
Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (1969), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0521096263; The Campus War: A Sympathetic Look at the University in Agony (political commentary; 1971) Expression and Meaning: Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts (essay collection; 1979) Intentionality: An Essay in the Philosophy of Mind (1983)