Athena SWAN & higher education in Ireland: "Stifling Academic Freedom"

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This is an opinion piece by Colette Colfer, a lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology, about the recent adoption of the Athena SWAN charter by the HEA and higher education institutes in Ireland:

www.broadsheet.ie/2021/11/18/stifling-academic-freedom/

Well worth reading for anyone in the area.

Some previous threads on Athena SWAN here.

Thanks OP. We are already seeing the impact of this. Places of Education silencing critical thinking.
I think that this comment is good.

"^. Alarming the reach it has – every corner of the institution – even building maintenance. Another example of how this type of thinking exploits good intentions to sneak its stupefying drug into the veins of the system. Politicians are so foolish in this regard – if they think there are easy votes in it, that it will make them look socially conscientious, there’s no limit to their folly.

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