Supporting Faith and Belief Student Societies
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How well do you support your student faith and belief groups and societies? Did you know that these groups and societies help combat student isolation and poor mental health? Would new guidance help?
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How well do you support your student faith and belief groups and societies? Did you know that these groups and societies help combat student isolation and poor mental health? Would new guidance help?
What do you think about the Supreme Court ruling this month that a Christian baker did not have to make a cake with the message ‘support gay marriage’? Discrimination? Or a victory for article 10 of the European convention on human rights?
Universities have a statutory duty to secure freedom of speech. Yet the Prevent Duty places limits on this freedom. Furthermore, student unions say that they have a right to refuse speakers. But what about the rights to freedom of speech under the Human Rights Act? Is there concrete evidence that free speech is being seriously suppressed? A report published in March 2018 finds out.