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UCU needs to defend freedom to discuss sex and gender
Universities need to be able to facilitate public discussion, which is part of their civic duty, without hostility, writes SHEREEN BENJAMIN
A general view of the University of Edinburgh's main library
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
IAN LAVERY MP warns that decades of neoliberal policies have left former industrial communities behind — but a renewed Labour commitment to working people could change the political landscape
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HENRY FOWLER outlines the GFTU’s new 2026-27 education programme and argues that investing in trade union education is essential to building worker power, developing leaders and strengthening collective action
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EARLIER this year a motion supporting academic freedom to discuss sex and gender was narrowly defeated by the University and College Union (UCU) at its Higher Education Sector Conference.
At first glance this seems baffling — why would a union representing academics vote against academic freedom?
Indeed, why was it even considered necessary to bring such a motion to conference when support for academic freedom is one of UCU’s core principles?
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