Found 6 results for "partisan platforms"
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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 26, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Partisan panel at SOAS precludes debate
Tomorrow’s event at the School of Oriental and African Studies entitled ‘Israeli Society in Crisis and the War on Gaza’ has fallen into the all too common trap of describing an event with two partisan speakers as a debate...
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Student Rights
on May 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Evening with 9/11 'truther' wins best event prize at Middlesex University
In February, Student Rights drew attention to an event at Middlesex University which featured a 9/11 'truther' calling for the destruction of Israel. This event has recently won the Student Union's event of the year prize...
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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 February 24, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Huffington Post: Palestinian Academic Azzam Tamimi, Supporter of Israel Suicide Bombings, Provokes Student Outrage
A Palestinian academic who has publicly backed suicide bombings in Israel has provoked student outrage ahead of a speech at a London university.
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Student Rights
on February 24, 2012 at 11:40 am
Statement from Queen Mary University on Dr Azzam Tamimi event (Update: Student Rights Denied Entry)
Queen Mary University have released a statement concerning the Palestine Solidarity Society event featuring Dr Azzam Tamimi in which they highlight the lack of balance but defend their student's freedom of expression