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On 21 March 2023, the House of Lords agreed to restore clause 4 to the bill without a vote, but it amended the clause's wording so a civil claim could only be brought by an individual if: 1) they had suffered a loss due to a breach of the freedom of speech and academic freedom duties; and 2) they had first exhausted an existing complaints scheme.
Arif Mohuiddin Ahmed is an English philosopher who is the Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom of the Office for Students, following his appointment in June 2023. [1] Prior to this, Ahmed was a philosopher at the University of Cambridge , where he became a fellow of Gonville and Caius College in 2015, [ 2 ] university reader in ...
The OfS's other functions include the administration of the Teaching Excellence Framework [6] and the Register of higher education providers. [7] It is responsible both for administering the prevent duty and for ensuring that universities allow freedom of speech for controversial guest speakers. [8]
"Support for freedom of speech is declining dangerously," he added, especially on college campuses, where the exchange of ideas should be most protected. "Very few colleges live up to that ideal.
Apr. 9—CONCORD — The chief author of bipartisan legislation (HB 1305) to adopt a freedom of speech policy on public higher education campuses urged a state Senate panel to reject any further ...
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 600 U.S. 570 (2023), is a United States Supreme Court decision that dealt with the intersection of anti-discrimination law in public accommodations with the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In a 6–3 decision, the Court found for a website designer, ruling that the state ...
The Higher Education Freedom of Speech Act offered a number of controversial powers, as the regulatory Office for Students (OfS) could fine and sanction universities, higher education providers ...
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), formerly called the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is a 501(c)(3) [1] non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the mission of protecting freedom of speech on college campuses in the United States.