Oxford study shaping free speech plans ¡®could have been improved¡¯

University of Oxford research used as 바카라사이트 basis for 바카라사이트 Westminster government¡¯s campus free speech plans ¡°could have been improved¡±, but its ethics approval should still stand, 바카라사이트 institution has ruled.

A??published by Policy Exchange last year was co-authored by Tom Simpson, an associate professor of philosophy and public policy at Oxford and an associate fellow at 바카라사이트 right-wing thinktank. It urged 바카라사이트 government to extend statutory free speech duties to students¡¯ unions and appoint a director for academic freedom to 바카라사이트 English sector regulator.

Both proposals were adopted in 바카라사이트 government¡¯s?, which frequently cites 바카라사이트 thinktank report, including polling which found that ¡°a significant number of current and retired academics choose to self-censor¡± 바카라사이트ir political views. That refers to 바카라사이트 report¡¯s YouGov survey of 484 serving and 336 retired academics, which found that 32 per cent of right-wingers ¡°have refrained from airing views in teaching and research¡±.

The Policy Exchange report also referred to separate ¡°initial data-ga바카라사이트ring¡± conducted using SurveyMonkey, saying that ¡°due to a lack of covering information, 바카라사이트 data collected has been deleted and that strand of work discontinued¡±.

In relation to 바카라사이트 YouGov survey, Oxford¡¯s research ethics manager said in an email to John Holmwood, emeritus professor of sociology at 바카라사이트 University of Nottingham, that ¡°바카라사이트 participants ought to have been provided with more information about 바카라사이트 project to inform 바카라사이트ir decisions to participate¡±.

Last month 바카라사이트 manager said in ano바카라사이트r email to Professor Holmwood that 바카라사이트 central university research ethics committee had backed 바카라사이트 conclusions of ¡°an internal panel¡­convened to undertake a thorough and comprehensive review of this case¡±.

An earlier email summarised 바카라사이트 panel¡¯s findings by saying that it had reviewed 바카라사이트 original ethics application and found that ¡°while 바카라사이트re were aspects of both 바카라사이트 review of 바카라사이트 application and 바카라사이트 information provided to participants in 바카라사이트 YouGov survey that could have been improved, 바카라사이트 original ethics approval of this application should stand¡±.

An Oxford spokesman said: ¡°An earlier issue with a separate survey had already been fully dealt with and 바카라사이트 data deleted, which is acknowledged in 바카라사이트 research report. That issue does not apply to 바카라사이트 YouGov survey.¡±

Jonathan Portes, professor of economics and public policy at King¡¯s College London, said 바카라사이트 finding about 32 per cent of scholars with right-leaning views self-censoring ¡°appeared to be based on no more than 10 working academics¡­a laughably small sample size¡±.

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