Motion
- Motion title
- Academic freedom
- Session
- 2006-2007
- Meeting link
- HE conference
- Meeting date
- 31 May 2007
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- HE10
- Motion text
Many universities now take the view that academic freedom relates not to the ability to pursue research questions of one's choosing but to the ability to express unpopular views. Moves in this direction are partly driven by issues relating to cost where research is capital intensive. New metrics-based proposals for research assessment are likely to strengthen these tendencies and apply them in a wider range of contexts.
This Conference calls on the executive to embark on a campaign to defend academic freedom by all appropriate means
- Proposing body
- Queen's University Belfast (QUB)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Higher education committee (HEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2007/H/05-31/067/HE10