Academic freedom of expression at The University of Melbourne
It’s a sad reflection on Australian academia that this needs to be stated clearly, but it is refreshing that it has been.
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I’m not that impressed with “responsibilities” section, particularly the three levels of caveat (“should consider”, “whether it is reasonable”, “in the circumstances”) to the issue of whether academics can link their comments to their association with the university!
It all rests on the definition of what constitutes one’s area of expertise … and that is a whole nuther can of worms (you’ll note I have expertise in the use of English in-fixes, although I’m not sure that the spelling is correct
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