People Talk... Politics

Ep. 18 - Barriers to Free Speech on Campus - Mountains or Molehills?

Episode Summary

In this podcast policy fellows, Oliver, Thomas and Avishai analyse how various external factors shape the boundaries of freedom of speech on campuses. They focus on why the ‘long-arm’ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and CCP linked bodies, are detrimental to campus debate and the quality of education that home and international students receive whilst studying in the UK. Oliver, Thomas and Avishai also cover how universities could better respond to the complex topic of campus cancel culture and the censorship of external speakers.

Episode Notes

In this podcast policy fellows, Oliver, Thomas and Avishai analyse how various external factors shape the boundaries of freedom of speech on campuses. 

They focus on why the ‘long-arm’ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and CCP linked bodies, are detrimental to campus debate and the quality of education that home and international students receive whilst studying in the UK. 

Oliver, Thomas and Avishai also cover how universities could better respond to the complex topic of campus cancel culture and the censorship of external speakers.