Threat to academic freedom from secret recordings of seminars being passed to state governments must be taken seriously, says Office for Students free speech lead
Latest Scholars at Risk data records 395 attacks in 49 countries, with risk to universities spreading from authoritarian regimes to liberal democracies
Chinese students and scholars face surveillance, harassment and self-censorship at British universities, report finds, amid wider concerns over financial dependence on China
Institutions review policies ahead of new obligations coming into force but campaigners believe culture change is needed, as they gear up to highlight breaches