Having had to issue a formal complaint against several members of staff at the University of Ulster for bullying and harassment I had accusations of bullying leveled against me for highlight the clear inefficiencies and inadequacies in the delivery of a final year module on my blog.
I have been instructed by the University that if I do not remove the comments then I will be suspended.
Does this constitute a breach of freedom of expression? I think so!
Check out my blog:
http://jay-bsccomputerscience.blogspot.com/
4 comments:
Of course it's a breach of the principles of the Education Reform Act 1988 and the requirements of public bodies to actively promote freedom of expression. But in today's Britain, there is no freedom of speech as long as those who express truth about public wrongdoing by public officials are subject to sanctions, whether criminal or academic.
Freedom of speech is not absolute and it depends on what was said on your blog which I cannot open. I also work at the University of Ulster , am trained in law and maybe able to help/advise you.
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It's certainly FAR from absolute in Britain. Whereas in other Western democracies, it is more comprehensive, short of actual defamation and causing danger to public safety (Yelling "Fire" in a crowded theatre).
You say: "I also work at the University of Ulster, am trained in law and maybe able to help/ advise you".
In an Industrial Tribunal that Ulster lost in 2007, the HR Director of Ulster was mentioned as "breathtakingly arrogant". Did this happen under your advice?
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