Moved by
Baroness Fox of Buckley
4: Clause 1, page 2, line 14, at end insert—
“(c) to express opinions about the registered higher education provider, including opinions concerning—
(i) the content of any curriculum adopted by the provider, and any decision taken by the provider regarding such content, and
(ii) any affiliation between the provider and a third-party organisation that concerns teaching and research at the provider, or questions of public interest,”
Member’s explanatory statement
This amendment seeks to ensure that the Bill upholds international standards of academic freedom by protecting academics’ freedom to express freely their opinion about the institution or system in which they work (UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel in 1997 and Russia v Kharlamov).