Wednesday, November 19
Constrained and framed? The limitation of academic freedom by research funding and strategies

Constrained and framed? The limitation of academic freedom by research funding and strategies

While most debate on academic freedom concerns the question of what can be stated, argued, proffered and responded to – and how, such a focus has enabled a more central and insidious attack and underm...

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Culture

Constrained and framed? The limitation of academic freedom by research funding and strategies

Constrained and framed? The limitation of academic freedom by research funding and strategies

While most debate on academic freedom concerns the question of what can be stated, argued, proffered and responded to – and how, such a focus has enabled a more central and insidious attack and undermining of academic fr...

Politics

Denialism about the free speech crisis at our universities is unconvincing

Denialism about the free speech crisis at our universities is unconvincing

In a recent column in The Post, Sereana Naepi and Peter Davis claim that ‘the current push to mandate “free speech” policies in New Zealand universities’ – including through the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No. 2) that is currently before P...

Science

Why do they fear Populism?

Why do they fear Populism?

When a political leader or their movement is referred to as Populist it is most commonly employed as a slur. The image we’re instructed to conjure is one of a snake-oiled salesman preying off the unwashed, too dim to...