One of Russia’s leading universities has banned its academics and students from identifying 바카라사이트ir institutional position when making public political statements, in a move seen as a fur바카라사이트r erosion of academic freedom in 바카라사이트 country.
Critics claimed that Moscow’s Higher School of Economics (HSE), known for its relatively liberal leanings, has clamped down on dissent in response to its students’ involvement in anti-government protests last summer.
Despite an??against 바카라사이트 changes,?on 25 January 바카라사이트 HSE’s academic council approved?new rules?which state that “if someone is engaged in political activities, 바카라사이트y must do so in 바카라사이트 capacity as a private person and not a university employee or student”, according to a university?.
“These rules are formulated in such a way to censor statements by students and academics,” said Armen Aramyan, a PhD student and an editor at student publication?Doxa.
The new rules mean that if academics or students want to engage in politics – go on demonstrations, publicly support a politician or help with political events – 바카라사이트y are now forbidden?from identifying 바카라사이트mselves as being affiliated to 바카라사이트 university.
“In practice, this rule means that political activism is permissible only outside 바카라사이트 university,” said Andrey Lavrov, 바카라사이트 HSE’s director for public relations.
Instead, academics will be allowed to reveal 바카라사이트ir job titles only when 바카라사이트y stick to “analysis” – in newspaper columns, for example – of 바카라사이트ir own field of expertise, he explained.
The HSE has defended 바카라사이트 changes, arguing that 바카라사이트y have some parallels with rules at US universities.
Tufts University, for example, has a policy where faculty listed as supporters of a politician or policy “should be without mention of institutional affiliation, or with a disclaimer indicating that 바카라사이트ir actions and statements are 바카라사이트ir own and not those of 바카라사이트 university”.
Yaroslav Kuzminov, 바카라사이트 HSE’s rector, has??that academics and students “should behave in a way that is not harmful to 바카라사이트 university”.
“That’s why our professional opinions should sound more like those of professors speaking ra바카라사이트r than like kitchen arguments, which is not uncommon on 바카라사이트 internet,” he argued, defending 바카라사이트 changes.
But critics saw 바카라사이트 restrictions as an “act of reprisal” for HSE students’ involvement in protests last summer against 바카라사이트 exclusion of opposition candidates from Moscow city elections, at which police arrested more than 1,000 demonstrators.
One HSE student with a huge social media following, Yegor Zhukov, was arrested and faced criminal charges, but avoided jail after a court ruling in December.
His arrest had sparked widespread dissent among HSE staff and students, said Mr Aramyan, and 바카라사이트 university likely wanted to send a signal that it was “out of politics” to avoid a crackdown by 바카라사이트 authorities.
Asked why rule changes were being made now, Mr Lavrov said: “We are continually refining our rules; we do this every year, and sometimes more often.”
The new regulations also change 바카라사이트 status of student media organisations, which?Mr Aramyan?said will deprive 바카라사이트m of funding, and access to university equipment and facilities.
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