Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has held recent discussions with (a) the Russell Group, (b) the University Alliance, (c) MillionPlus and (d) the 1994 Group on the bringing into force of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
Answered by Janet Daby
Department officials and my noble Friend, the Minister for Skills are continuing to engage with a wide range of stakeholders on the future of the Act.
These stakeholders include academics and others with concerns about constraints on freedom of speech and academic freedom, representatives of the higher education sector, including those from the Russell Group, the University Alliance and MillionPlus (aside from the 1994 Group, which the department understands dissolved in 2013), minority groups and unions.
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