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Freedom of Speech in Universities inquiry

Inquiry by the Human Rights (Joint Committee), 15 November 2017 to 24 May 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 15 November 2017: Dr Joanna Williams, Senior Lecturer, Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, University of Kent, Professor Dennis Hayes, Professor of Education, University of Derby , Tom Slater, Deputy Editor, Spiked, and Professor Colin Riordan, President and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University.
  • 29 November 2017: Liron Velleman, Union of Jewish Students, Ben Ryan, Theos Think Tank, Andrew Copson, Humanists UK, Yusuf Hassan, Federation of Student Islamic Societies, Charlotte Moore, and Alyaa Ebbiary.
  • 6 December 2017: Gary Attle, Partner, Mills and Reeve LLP, Paul Bowen QC, Brick Court Chambers, Helen Mountfield QC, and Aileen McColgan, Matrix Chambers.
  • 13 December 2017: Linda Bellos OBE, Alexandra Tate, President, Reproductive and Sexual Health Society, King’s College, Jane Fae, Helen Belcher, Director, Trans Media Watch, and Peter Tatchell.
  • 10 January 2018: Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Edinburgh, Patrick Kilduff, President, Edinburgh University Students’ Association , Professor Adam Tickell, Vice Chancellor, University of Sussex, Frida Gustafsson, President, Student Union, University of Sussex, and Baroness Valerie Amos CH, Director, SOAS University of London.
  • 17 January 2018: Amatey Doku, Vice President, National Union of Students, and Wes Streeting MP; Professor Alison Scott-Baumann, SOAS University of London, Professor Jonathan Rosenhead, Emeritus Professor of Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor Steven Greer, Professor of Human Rights, University of Bristol, and The Baroness Deech DBE (at 4.00pm).
  • 24 January 2018: Aarti Thakor, Head of Legal Compliance, Michelle Russell, Director of Investigations, Monitoring and Enforcement, Charity Commission for England and Wales, and Sir Michael Barber, Chair, Office for Students .
  • 7 February 2018: Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP, Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime, Home Office, and Mr Sam Gyimah MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation; Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Joanne Midgley, Pro Vice-Chancellor Student Experience, University of the West England, Bristol, Jonathan Wallcroft, Vice President, Brandon Gage, and Francesca Smith, Politics and International Relations Society, University of the West of England, Bristol (at 5.00pm).