This House believes education is worthless without freedom of speech
Monday December 06 2010
MOTION PASSED
by 53% to 47%
Speakers
Dennis Hayes
Speaking for the motion
Dennis Hayes is Professor of Education at the University of Derby and a visiting professor at Oxford Brookes University in the UK. In recognition of his contribution to teaching in higher education he was awarded a national teaching fellowship in 2010.
He has been a member of the editorial board of the Times Higher Education magazine since its inception and is the co-author of The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education (2009). He is the founder of the campaign group Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF)and in 2009 he edited and contributed to a special edition of the British Journal on academic freedom.
Nagla Rizk
Speaking against the motion
Dr. Nagla Rizk is Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research and Associate Professor of Economics at the School of Business, the American University in Cairo. She is Founding Director of the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at AUC and an affiliated fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School.
Dr. Rizk was one of the authors of the Arab Knowledge Report 2009 and is a founding member of the Access to Knowledge Global Academy in collaboration with partners from Brazil, China, India, South Africa and the United States.
Tariq Ramadan
Speaking for the motion
Tariq Ramadan is Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University and teaches at the Faculty of Theology. He is also Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Qatar, at Mundiapolis University, Casablanca and a Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University in Kyoto.
Professor Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network in Brussels. He has authored a number of books including the recent titles "The Quest for Meaning:", and "Radical Reform, Islamic Ethics and Liberation".
Kevin Watkins
Speaking against the motion
Kevin Watkins is Director of the Education For All Global Monitoring Report, led by UNESCO. Previously he was Director and lead author of the UNDP's Human Development Reports and, until 2004, Head of Research at Oxfam.
In 2000 he served on the drafting committee of the Dakar Framework for Action. He is currently a Senior Visiting Research Fellow with the Global Economic Governance programme at Oxford University.
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