Building collective power to defend academic freedom - UCU/EI conference (2025)
3 November 2025
Academic freedom faces systematic assault worldwide. From arrests and imprisonment in authoritarian states to witch-hunts and curriculum censorship in democracies, the fundamental right to pursue knowledge freely is under threat across all contexts.
Against this backdrop, education unionists, academics, and experts gathered in London on 15 October 2025 for an international conference on academic freedom, co-hosted by Education International (EI) and its member organisation, UCU. The event brought together union leaders and researchers from the Philippines, Kenya, Türkiye, Norway, the United States, and beyond to confront urgent challenges and strengthen collective strategies to protect academic freedom globally.
Read the full report on the Education International website.
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