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Academic free speech is too crucial to be used as a political football by left or right | Sonia Sodha

The Guardian - Higher Education

Labour is wrong to put on hold a law that aims to protect staff from external pressures Michelle Shipworth, an associate professor at University College London (UCL), has for several years taught a “data detectives” masters module on research methods that teaches students to critically appraise the use of data. One exercise involves discussing a Global Slavery Index finding that China has the second highest prevalence of modern slavery in the world, to help students understand the flawed nature