Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards

The Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards (originally known as the Council for Academic Freedom and Democracy),

History

According to a summary on the website of the University of Hull:

The CAFD was established by a small group of radically-minded academics in 1970. It is essentially a civil liberties organisation in the field of British higher education. It was initially led by Professor John Griffiths, of the London School of Economics, and his colleague, Ralph Miliband. Professor John Saville, of the University of Hull, became its Chairman on Griffith's retirement in 1982. The CAFD has fought hundreds of cases on behalf of university and college staff in defence of their academic freedom and democratic rights. The Council is still active and is now known as the Council for Academic Freedom and Academic Standards (CAFAS). As well as undertaking casework, it campaigns more widely against declining academic standards and abuses of power within higher and further education. Its patrons include Noam Chomsky.

People

Committee

• Aubrey Blumsohn, Co-Chair | John Fernandes, co-chair |

Former members or office holders

• Anthony Arblaster

Resources

• Anthony Arblaster; Steven Lukes; 'Britain: Academic freedom in Britain' Index on Censorship, 1746-6067, Volume 10, Issue 5, 1981, Pages 19 – 20

Contact

Website: http://www.cafas.org.uk/

Email list: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=DEFENDING-ACADEMIC-FREEDOM