General Article Universities must not become part of the security apparatus

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The Counter-Terrorism Bill will co-opt academics into the ‘securocrat’ and chill debate on campus – it must be fought, says Martin Hall.

 

Imagine this. You’re teaching a course on current affairs and decide to have your class debate the merits and demerits of fracking. The debate is passionate and gets out of hand, with students on both sides getting personal. You calm them down, and the session ends. But you’ve noticed that one student, a passionate environmentalist, is sullen and withdrawn...

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