Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is a moral and legal concept expressing the conviction that the freedom of inquiry by faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy as well as the principles of academia, and that scholars should have freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts (including those that are inconvenient to external political groups or to authorities) without being targeted for repression, job loss, or imprisonment. While the core of academic freedom covers scholars acting in an academic capacity - as teachers or researchers expressing strictly scholarly viewpoints -, an expansive interpretation extends these occupational safeguards to scholars' …
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CCSC: Centre for the Study of Co-operatives · 3 December 2024 English
In addition to the dis- appearance of the Wheat Pool, the co-operative sector has seen the dissolution of producer co-operatives (e.g., the Dairy Pro- ducers Co-operative), the sale of Concentra …
These matters continue about independence and academic freedom, and this matters more now than then.”52 Other … anything, don’t get involved.’ There was complete academic freedom to pursue whatever they wanted to say.”163 …
EU: European Union · 28 November 2024 English
eu/eli/C/2024/6883/oj 1/81.2. urges the EU to safeguard academic freedom and institutional autonomy by establishing … the importance of defending and promoting academic freedom and institutional autonomy as fundamental … competences in education and the autonomy and academic freedom of institutions. However, it aims to encourage … the initiative emphasises the protection of academic freedom – a core value of higher education. However … European Parliament Academic Freedom Monitor 2023 shows a decline in academic freedom across all EU countries …
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 28 November 2024 English
on regulations on protecting and promoting academic freedom and the freedom of scientific research in … but are not limited to the establishment of academic freedom committees within educational and research … administrators, and students about the importance of academic freedom and the means to safeguard it; and reporting … intellectual or academic freedom. 19. Are there any policy instruments restricting academic freedom and the … society activities that indirectly impact academic freedom. b) Are there any operational policy instruments …
EU: European Union · 26 November 2024 English
Right to freedom of expression, media freedom, academic freedom and the right to information 23. Is deeply … relation to censorship, threats or attacks on academic freedom, particularly the imprisonment of scholars … worldwide; supports the Joint Statement on Academic Freedom delivered at the 52nd Session of the Human … monitoring and reporting on violations of academic freedom in non-EU countries; supports the development … Principles for Implementing the Right of Academic Freedom and calls for the EU to promote the adoption …
EU: European Union · 25 November 2024 English
in academia. 8. Institutional autonomy, academic freedom and integrity, participation of students and … With due regard to institutional autonomy and academic freedom, and in accordance with national circumstances: … monitoring mechanisms promoting and defending academic freedom; ii) defining frameworks to protect individual …
Alberta Teachers' Association · 21 November 2024 English
based on (a) the anticipated balance of the fund at the end of [1974, 2020] the current year, (b) the anticipated use of the fund during the budget year, (c) …
and, for that reason, should 1. restrict the academic freedom of the school, or confer on 1. ensure that … compromise the school’s educational policy; academic freedom or the right of teachers and students to act …
Alberta Teachers' Association · 21 November 2024 English
based on (a) the anticipated balance of the fund at the end of [1974, 2020] the current year, (b) the anticipated use of the fund during the budget year, (c) …
and, for that reason, should 1. restrict the academic freedom of the school, or confer on 1. ensure that … compromise the school’s educational policy; academic freedom or the right of teachers and students to act …
EU: European Union · 7 November 2024 English
Horizon Europe, the issue of scientific and academic freedom; 5. Acknowledges the rules set out in the …
RSE: Royal Society of Edinburgh · 1 November 2024 English
For the RSE and our Skye and extending to Lewis and Harris, and Orkney, partner national academies and learned societies, our focus is on building networks for learning and this …
report powers, focusing on making taxation academic freedom on the economic fairer and more sustainable … research and innovation, Human rights and academic freedom offering new funding programmes that increased … partnerships with Germany (UKI HRC), supporting academic freedom through and Taiwan, leading to new funding … civil society. Additionally, it increased academic freedom. public awareness of critical policy issues …
Digital Science · 28 October 2024 English
This report investigates the evolving landscape of academic research, driven by advancements in AI, open access, and a heightened focus on societal impact. Key insights reveal shifts toward open research …
themselves from security-related risks and ensure academic freedom and openness. The United States has raised … security in the context of open research, where academic freedom is balanced with responsibility? How do …
