Academics For Academic Freedom
Academics for Academic Freedom is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. AFAF was launched in mid 2007. [1] Two of its UK speakers, Stuart Derbyshire and Dennis Hayes have written for other LM network entities. Early signatories to its petition included a high proportion of associates of the LM network. For example, at least four of the first ten and thirteen of the first sixty five signatories were associates[2]
- 1. Professor Dennis Hayes Professor of Education, University of Derby
- 2. Professor Gavin Poynter University of East London
- 5. Professor James Woudhuysen De Montfort University
- 9. Dr Stuart Derbyshire ‘Rigorous discussion is the only road to truth’. Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Birmingham
- 14. Professor Frank Furedi University of Kent
- 17. Dr Chris Gilligan, University of Ulster
- 25. Colin Searls Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) Faculty of Art. University of Plymouth
- 32. Philip Cunliffe King's College London
- 39. Dr Philip Hammond Reader in Arts, Media & English London South Bank University
- 40. James Panton Lecturer in Politics St John's College, Oxford Co-founder and Campaigns Director, The Manifesto Club (www.manifestoclub.com)
- 41. Dr Ellie Lee University of Kent ”One of the most important things students can learn at University is how to argue and debate. Campus life seems to now almost entirely lack a culture of debate and argument however. As university teachers, we need to play a part in re-invigorating campuses, and get away from the dull and boring definition of what we do as ‘transferring skills’.”
- 43. Alan Hudson Director, Leadership Programmes for China University Lecturer University of Oxford
- 65. Dr William Durodie Cranfield University
- 108. Alex Standish Senior Research Fellow St Chad's College, Durham University
- 311. Professor John Fitzpatrick Director Kent Law Clinic University of Kent, Canterbury
- 313. Sara Hinchliffe, University of Sussex
- 314. Dr Tiffany Jenkins post grad University of Kent at Canterbury
- 320. James Heartfield University of Westminster
- 321. Dominic Standish University of Kansas/CIMBA Adjunct Professor CIMBA campus in Asolo Italy
- 328. Dr Helene Guldberg Open University
- 349. Claire Fox Director Institute of Ideas
- 354. Patrick Hayes Henley Management Centre
AFAF campaigns for the "Right to Offend" and opposes the No Platform for Racists and Fascists policy. [3]
Its campaigns are promoted in other LM entities such as the Battle of Ideas and Spiked.
An offshoot is Student Academics For Academic Freedom, also launched in 2007, by Richard Reynolds. While it has a Facebook site, its website has closed. [4]
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Notes
- ↑ "AFAF Media Coverage", AFAF website, accessed 31 Oct 2010
- ↑ Signatories 1-100 About Us, AFAF website, accessed 4 November 2010
- ↑ "AFAF Media Coverage", AFAF website, accessed 8 May 2010
- ↑ "SAFAF Facebook site", Facebook website, accessed 6 Nov 2010
