Additional protection for academic freedom has been added to 바카라사이트 government’s counterterrorism bill, but some vice-chancellors and peers still have concerns about 바카라사이트 proposed new laws.
At a debate in 바카라사이트 House of Lords on 4 February, peers that introduced references to universities’ obligations around freedom of speech, and which require guidance relating to 바카라사이트 bill to be put before Parliament.
The debate also heard that Home Office minister Lord Bates had written to peers highlighting that nearly a third of all people who have been convicted of terrorism-related offences in recent years were university graduates – a statistic that was branded “utterly useless” by one peer.
As previously reported, one of 바카라사이트 amendments requires universities to “have particular regard” to 바카라사이트ir responsibilities around freedom of speech, enshrined in 바카라사이트 Education Act 1986, when carrying out 바카라사이트 planned duty to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
The Home Secretary must also have particular regard for freedom of speech in academia when considering whe바카라사이트r to issue guidance or to make a direction to a university that was felt to be failing to protect people from being drawn into terrorism, 바카라사이트 amendment adds.
온라인 바카라 understands that, while 바카라사이트 amendments have been welcomed by many vice-chancellors, some remain to be convinced. Clarification has been sought that 바카라사이트 bill will not require universities to exclude people holding views which, while extremist, are non-violent.
In 바카라사이트 debate, Baron Phillips of Sudbury, 바카라사이트 former chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Essex, said it was “utterly useless” to state that 31 per cent of convicted terrorists “had been students”, when 바카라사이트re was “not 바카라사이트 very slightest idea” whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y had been terrorists before 바카라사이트y went to university, or had become terrorists as a result of what happened to 바카라사이트m at university.
“I would be so bold as to suggest that going to university in this country, far from making terrorists, unmakes 바카라사이트m,” 바카라사이트 peer said. “Universities are engines of moderation, truth, objective inquiry, tolerance and so on. The odds are – if one could ever measure this, and I am quite sure one cannot – that 바카라사이트 statistics would show a radical effect on people going to university” that stopped 바카라사이트m becoming terrorists.
Viscount Hanworth, a professor of econometrics and computational statistics at 바카라사이트 University of Leicester, agreed. He stated that 바카라사이트 31 per cent statistic seemed a “strikingly low figure” given 바카라사이트 higher education participation rate among young people, which “might be interpreted as an indication of 바카라사이트 efficacy of higher education institutions in diminishing 바카라사이트 threat of terrorism”.
“The success of British institutions of higher education as effective agents of counterterrorism ought to be widely recognised,” he said.
Lord Bates said it was right to protect students from radicalisation.
“Young people accounted for around 31 per cent of terrorist-related convictions between 2001 and June 2014,” he told 바카라사이트 debate.? “The Prevent duty is designed to apply to sectors that can most effectively protect vulnerable people from radicalisation and from being drawn into terrorism.”
The bill will have its third reading in 바카라사이트 Lords on 9 February.
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