Resources

Defining Academic Freedom:

• 1997 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (Section VI(A))
• The 1988 Education Reform Act Section 202(2)(a)

• 2017 Higher Education and Research Act Section 2(8)(c)

• UCU Statement on Academic Freedom

Guidance for Due Diligence and Risk Assessment Processes: 

• Academic Freedom Index Project, Global Public Policy Institute
• Promoting Higher Education Values, Scholars at Risk
• The Global Forum on Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy, and the Future of Democracy (Council of Europe)
• Observatory Magna Charta Universitatum

Organisations focused on protecting academics at risk:

• Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara)
• Scholars at Risk