Academic Freedom • Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com The world's most viewed site on global warming and climate change Sat, 23 Dec 2023 18:19:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/wattsupwiththat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-WUWT-logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Academic Freedom • Watts Up With That? https://wattsupwiththat.com 32 32 146051786 Mandatory Indoctrination: UC San Diego’s Climate Change Education Requirement https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/24/mandatory-indoctrination-uc-san-diegos-climate-change-education-requirement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mandatory-indoctrination-uc-san-diegos-climate-change-education-requirement https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/24/mandatory-indoctrination-uc-san-diegos-climate-change-education-requirement/#comments Sun, 24 Dec 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10273170 This requirement, approved by the Academic Senate, is a clear example of the university's shift from fostering critical thinking to promoting a singular ideological agenda.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/12/24/mandatory-indoctrination-uc-san-diegos-climate-change-education-requirement/feed/ 51 10273170 Extraordinary Resignation by a Geology Professor: ‘I feel the profession…is no longer worthy of my efforts’ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/25/extraordinary-resignation-by-a-geology-professor-i-feel-the-profession-is-no-longer-worthy-of-my-efforts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=extraordinary-resignation-by-a-geology-professor-i-feel-the-profession-is-no-longer-worthy-of-my-efforts https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/25/extraordinary-resignation-by-a-geology-professor-i-feel-the-profession-is-no-longer-worthy-of-my-efforts/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2023 18:04:03 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10232707 On Twitter, there is a openly raw admission of why academia has decended into little more than intellectual tribalism, with ‘climate change’ being at the center of the issue. Dr.…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/25/extraordinary-resignation-by-a-geology-professor-i-feel-the-profession-is-no-longer-worthy-of-my-efforts/feed/ 99 10232707 Peter Ridd’s James Cook University “Dramatic Drop in Student Enrolment” https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/15/peter-ridds-james-cook-university-dramatic-drop-in-student-enrolment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-ridds-james-cook-university-dramatic-drop-in-student-enrolment https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/15/peter-ridds-james-cook-university-dramatic-drop-in-student-enrolment/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2022 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=10215613 Perhaps a reputation for trampling academic freedom has consequences.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/15/peter-ridds-james-cook-university-dramatic-drop-in-student-enrolment/feed/ 100 10215613 Peter Ridd Case: Academic Freedom Just Died in Australia https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/10/12/peter-ridd-case-academic-freedom-just-died-in-australia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-ridd-case-academic-freedom-just-died-in-australia https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/10/12/peter-ridd-case-academic-freedom-just-died-in-australia/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2021 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=9959617 Australia's High Court has ruled that University administrators have the right to fire academics for breach of employment code of conduct, which has precedence over academic freedom.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/10/12/peter-ridd-case-academic-freedom-just-died-in-australia/feed/ 182 9959617 The Idea of Academic Freedom, Explained by Stone and Forrest* https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/25/the-idea-of-academic-freedom-explained-by-stone-and-forrest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-idea-of-academic-freedom-explained-by-stone-and-forrest https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/25/the-idea-of-academic-freedom-explained-by-stone-and-forrest/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2021 01:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=9263318 Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog June 25, 2021 By admin Does the principle of academic freedom protect Australian academics who engage in pointed public criticism of their academic colleagues, and university governance?…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/25/the-idea-of-academic-freedom-explained-by-stone-and-forrest/feed/ 26 9263318 Why The Claimed “97% Consensus” Is Meaningless https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/22/why-the-claimed-97-consensus-is-meaningless/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-claimed-97-consensus-is-meaningless https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/22/why-the-claimed-97-consensus-is-meaningless/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=9262700 I got to thinking about how science progresses. Science is a funny beast. It’s not a “thing”, it’s a process. The process works like this: One or more people make…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/06/22/why-the-claimed-97-consensus-is-meaningless/feed/ 258 9262700 A New Year’s Look At WUWT https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/12/30/a-new-years-look-at-wuwt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-new-years-look-at-wuwt https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/12/30/a-new-years-look-at-wuwt/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2020 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=7434026 Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Today, as the result of a series of wrong turns and bad choices, I ended up at the Wikipedia entry for Watts Up With That.…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/12/30/a-new-years-look-at-wuwt/feed/ 302 7434026 Academic Freedom? The Peter Ridd Case is Part of a Much Larger Problem with Australian Universities https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/10/27/academic-freedom-the-peter-ridd-case-is-part-of-a-much-larger-problem-with-australian-universities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=academic-freedom-the-peter-ridd-case-is-part-of-a-much-larger-problem-with-australian-universities https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/10/27/academic-freedom-the-peter-ridd-case-is-part-of-a-much-larger-problem-with-australian-universities/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2020 05:00:33 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=4719906 What academic freedom is left in Australia, if Professor Patrick Parkinson, Dean of Law at the University of Queensland had a paper rejected, because students and peer reviewers were concerned, not about whether the paper was well structured and presented, but about whether the paper might offend people?

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/10/27/academic-freedom-the-peter-ridd-case-is-part-of-a-much-larger-problem-with-australian-universities/feed/ 94 4719906 Time to Stand UP! Against Academic Suppression https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/08/18/clintel-issues-great-charter-of-universities-for-research-freedom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=clintel-issues-great-charter-of-universities-for-research-freedom https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/08/18/clintel-issues-great-charter-of-universities-for-research-freedom/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=1249622 CLINTEL has issued the Magna Carta Universitatum 2020. This short document is basically an aspirational code of conduct for freedom of inquiry and speech at universities.

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/08/18/clintel-issues-great-charter-of-universities-for-research-freedom/feed/ 56 1249622 Academic Freedom VS JCU: Reef Scientist Peter Ridd Vows to Fight On https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/29/academic-freedom-vs-jcu-reef-scientist-peter-ridd-vows-to-fight-on/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=academic-freedom-vs-jcu-reef-scientist-peter-ridd-vows-to-fight-on https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/29/academic-freedom-vs-jcu-reef-scientist-peter-ridd-vows-to-fight-on/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=409566 Courageous Reef Scientist Peter Ridd needs your help. He plans to continue the battle against James Cook University, to protect the right of Australian professors to be uncollegial, their right to publicly criticise the work of other scientists. Ridd intends to appeal a court judgement which which suggests Academic Freedom as most people understand it is a "historical concept".

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/29/academic-freedom-vs-jcu-reef-scientist-peter-ridd-vows-to-fight-on/feed/ 62 409566 Climate change now detectable from any single day of weather at global scale https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/08/climate-change-now-detectable-from-any-single-day-of-weather-at-global-scale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-change-now-detectable-from-any-single-day-of-weather-at-global-scale https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/08/climate-change-now-detectable-from-any-single-day-of-weather-at-global-scale/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:00:43 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=245077 Sebastian Sippel, Nicolai Meinshausen, Erich M. Fischer, Enikő Székely & Reto Knutti Nature Climate Change volume 10, pages35–41(2020)Cite this article Abstract For generations, climate scientists have educated the public that…

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]]> https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/01/08/climate-change-now-detectable-from-any-single-day-of-weather-at-global-scale/feed/ 100 245077 Crockford: European outrage over my loss of adjunct status and video of my Dutch school lecture https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/12/19/crockford-european-outrage-over-my-loss-of-adjunct-status-and-video-of-my-dutch-school-lecture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crockford-european-outrage-over-my-loss-of-adjunct-status-and-video-of-my-dutch-school-lecture https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/12/19/crockford-european-outrage-over-my-loss-of-adjunct-status-and-video-of-my-dutch-school-lecture/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:00:00 +0000 https://wattsupwiththat.com/?p=243328 From Polar Bear Science Posted on December 17, 2019 | Comments Off on European outrage over my loss of adjunct status and video of my Dutch school lecture I’ve been…

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