Dear Supporter,
We all know we're entering the 'silly-season', but as you can see from this Free Speech Union update, it's not because we're getting close to Christmas.
Royal Society investigates F...
A professor without honour in his own country
Renowned psychologist Steven Pinker marked the death of his former teacher New Zealander Michael Corballis with a laudatory tweet. NZ’s Royal Society — of...
Māori professor under investigation for views on mātauranga Māori
Dr Garth Cooper has devoted his career to helping fellow Māori but he now finds himself in the gun over his opinions about science and indigenous knowledge. Graham Adams reports from the front lines o...
The Listener Letter (published in 31 July 2021 edition of the New Zealand Listener)
In defence of science (republished with author's permission).
A recent report from a Government NCEA working group...
Free Speech Union is fighting for Academic Freedom
Dear Supporter,
There is a worrying trend in universities and research institutions attempting to muzzle the very people whose job it is to ask questions. Some subjects are simply now off-limits. Aca...
Adieu Liberal Education: Bienvenue Post-College Daycare
Academic freedom is defined in s161 of the Education Act as “the freedom of academic staff and students, within the law, to question and test received wisdom, to put forward new ideas and to state con...
