Universities: Is free speech under threat?
BBC Reality Check looks at whether universities have banned books, speakers or changed course content....
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Just How Free is Free Speech on Ontario Campuses?
Free speech is officially mandated on Ontario campuses this year, but just what does that mean? From students to teaches to workers, there’s a lot of people on campus and everyone’s got something to say. Of course, free speech isn’t r...
How to display numbers in speech?
Hi all Just a quickie . . . ! I am writing a sci-fi book at the mo, and there is a fair amount of technical jargon – with a LOT of numbers. In speech, is there a correct / most suggested way of writing numbers? e.g. 3 or three? I curr...
Minister claims lecturer reported for 'hate speech' for teaching history, sparking angry denials
‘We have found no evidence of any complaint of hate speech made against our lecturers,’ says King’s College London...
An Easy Speech-to-Text Option for Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint
Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint users have a new speech-to-text option. A new dictation option has been added to Office 365. The dictation tool will transcribe your spoken words into text on your screen. This afternoon I tried the dictation o...
Free speech pledge for universities
The universities minister promises clearer rules to protect free speech and open debate on campuses....
Claims students have created university free speech crisis have been 'exaggerated', says report
'The report into free speech at universities has uncovered that there is no crisis of student censorship on campuses. It really is much ado about nothing'...
‘Intolerance’ threat to university free speech
Open debate in university must be protected from intimidation and bureaucracy, say MPs and peers....
More Tory MPs will be sent to universities to 'protect free speech' after Jacob Rees-Mogg student protest
Party chairman Brandon Lewis vows to 'step up speaker programme' in response to scuffle...
Campus free speech fears ‘whipped up’, says university boss
‘Misleading evidence’ creating moral panic on free speech, claim universities...