Twitter restricts New Zealand academic’s account after she mocked China’s President Xi and his party’s 100th anniversary celebrations Anne-Marie Brady said two of her tweets were temporarily marked ‘unavailable Her Twitter account was also temporarily restricted over the weekend, she said Brady is an expert in China’s attempts to exert political influence around the world … Read more
The date everything changed is entrenched in my memory – June 23, 2016, the day Britain voted for Brexit. Before that moment I was a professor of British politics who loved his job, enjoyed spending time with his colleagues and looked forward to life in Britain’s universities, which are among the best in the world. … Read more
Cancelling cancel culture: Students and academics will be able to SUE universities for censoring free speech under planned Government crackdown Academics will be able to seek compensation for being denied free speech Gavin Williamson has unveiled plans for a ‘free speech champion’ at university Mr Williamson warned of the threat of a ‘cancel culture’ and … Read more
The leading figure in a campaign to topple Britain’s statues is a hard-left antivaxxer fanatic who once disrupted a service for the Queen to tell her ‘you should be ashamed’. Toyin Agbetu, 53, was recently appointed a member of Sadiq Khan‘s new diversity commission and is now supporting a campaign to remove a monument to … Read more
Churchill College at Cambridge is set to hold a debate on the wartime Prime Minister’s ‘backward’ views on empire and race as part of year-long ‘inclusivity’ review. This evening’s event titled ‘the racial consequences of Mr Churchill’ promises to be a ‘reassessment’ of the leader and will feature a line-up of controversial speakers. They include Professor Priya Gopal, … Read more
More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese academics at Oxford are working in sensitive fields with potential military applications, think-tank claims More than 80 ‘high risk’ Chinese students in sensitive fields at Oxford last year 669 Chinese nationals who attended army-linked universities now work in UK The students pursue subjects that have potential military applications Now … Read more
A group of almost 200 British academics from more than a dozen UK universities could face jail, as officials probe whether they may have unwittingly helped the Chinese government build weapons of mass destruction. Officials are investigating the academics amid suspicion they may have breached laws designed to protect national security and human rights. The academics, … Read more
China’s ambassador to Britain, Liu Xiaoming, recently bade farewell to this country in characteristic style. Dwelling on golden memories of his time here, he recalled his ‘humble part’ in President Xi Jinping’s state visit in 2015 and New Year’s Eve parties on the banks of the Thames. He also mentioned the happy days when he … Read more
That’s bananas! University of York academics ‘cancel’ the three wise monkeys after deciding the centuries-old characters are an oppressive racial stereotype Art history conference organisers used image of them in promotional material They have long symbolised the proverbial ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ Image became popular in Japan in the 17th … Read more
The graduate daughter of a retired academic shielded her murderer boyfriend from police after he stabbed his cousin to death using her father’s Scout knife, a court heard today. Former Manchester Metropolitan University student Megan Armstrong-Challinor, 27, moved Jerome Bailey, 38, into her parents’ £800,000 home while they were holidaying in Spain. Croydon Crown Court … Read more