News Article: Academics ‘obliged’ to criticise employers, says lawyer
“As long as it’s ethical, it’s within the law and it’s for the betterment overall of the university…you are not bringing your employer into disrepute.”
Ms Stewart said this aspect of universities’ academic freedom obligations was routinely misinterpreted by academics and particularly by university administrators.
“The threats to academic freedom, from my perspective,…largely relate to misunderstandings and a lack of knowledge about what academic freedom is and what it means.”
