Found 14 results for "balanced platforms"
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Student Rights
on January 18, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Scott Lively and the Oxford Union
Last night the Oxford Union hosted a debate which has been heavily criticised by both students and LGBT activists after homophobic preacher Scott Lively was invited to speak...
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Student Rights
on December 12, 2012 at 7:14 pm
UCL referendum demonstrates a lack of critical thinking (Update: Motion passed)
Critical thinking is one of the most important skills students will learn at university. By attempting to overturn a motion which encourages debate the students who have proposed this motion are doing themselves a grave disservice...
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Student Rights
on November 22, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Student Voice: A Black and White Rainbow
Following yesterdays ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, LSE student Rachel Bleetman reflects on how the conflict has affected activism on the UK’s university campuses...
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Student Rights
on November 16, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Public Service Europe.com: Fighting Islamist extremism on university campuses
It's not easy to moderate hate-filled speeches when British students consider the United Kingdom government to be Islamophobic. PublicServiceEurope.com talks to Student Rights, the organisation left to pick up the pieces of a broken policy...
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Student Rights
on October 2, 2012 at 11:36 am
Nottingham Trent Student Union challenges extremism on campus
The Student Union at Nottingham Trent University stands up to the promotion of intolerance by refusing Uthman Lateef permission to speak...
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Student Rights
on May 15, 2012 at 11:51 am
SOAS Alumnus abused at Abdel Bari Atwan talk
Yesterday we highlighted the way in which partisan panels damage campus cohesion, today we have once again seen the consequences...
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Student Rights
on May 14, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Abdel Bari Atwan to speak at SOAS tonight
The effect that polarised debate has on campus cohesion has been detailed by Student Rights before. Tonight, that issue raises it's head again as Abdel Bari Atwan speaks unopposed at SOAS...
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Student Rights
on March 20, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Partisan panel includes suicide bombing supporter at Kingston University
The recent controversies over speakers being invited onto campuses by university Palestine Solidarity Societies looks set to continue this week as an event at Kingston University gives a platform to both Dr Azzam Tamimi and Baroness Tonge...
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Student Rights
on March 1, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Huffington Post UK: Baroness Tonge's Comments Show Depth to Which Israel/Palestine Debate has Sunk
Baroness Tonge should be ejected from the Liberal Democrats for these remarks yet, whilst student societies and university authorities refuse to balance events on subjects as emotive as this, we will continue to see such stories.
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Student Rights
on March 1, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Dr Azzam Tamimi at Queen Mary University: Report
Following the resignation of Baroness Tonge yesterday, Student Rights has spoken to students present as Dr Azzam Tamimi spoke alongside her at Queen Mary on Tuesday...
