The following principles of academic freedom are taken from an interesting 2009 statement by UCU, one of the major trades unions for academics, researchers and other higher education staff. I recommend reading the whole thing here. ‘Academic freedom includes the right(s) to:
- freedom in teaching and discussion;
- freedom in carrying out research without commercial or political interference;
- freedom to disseminate and publish one’s research findings;
- freedom from institutional censorship, including the right to express one’s opinion publicly about the institution or the education system in which one works; and
- freedom to participate in professional and representative academic bodies, including trade unions.’
Monkeys Image from: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2005/10/4104/academic-freedom-aint-what-it-used-be Einstein quote image from: http://pauleisen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/academic-freedom-are-there-limits-to.html
