Skip to main content

Blog The Education Hub

Organisations:
Department for Education

What you need to know about freedom of speech at university and why protecting it is so important

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Higher Education, Universities

New legal duties to protect freedom of speech at universities and colleges in England have been announced by the Education Secretary. These measures will safeguard academic debate and prevent people having their opinions and views silenced.

Related content and links

About the Education Hub

The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

Please note that for media enquiries, journalists should call our central Newsdesk on 020 7783 8300. This media-only line operates from Monday to Friday, 8am to 7pm. Outside of these hours the number will divert to the duty media officer.

Members of the public should call our general enquiries line on 0370 000 2288.

Read more

Sign up and manage updates

Follow us on social media

Search by date

May 2021
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31  

Comments and moderation policy

Read our guidelines