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Re ¡°Legal scholar¡¯s ¡®political¡¯ tweets ruffle a?few feathers¡± (News, 21?August), I look forward to the University of Leeds appearing in Laurie Taylor¡¯s column, The?Poppletonian.

I¡¯m happy to say that University College London has never tried to censor anything I?say even when some people might see it as controversial.

David Colquhoun
Via timeshighereducation.co.uk

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The idea of my tweets being censored by my employer is absurd. I am pretty sure that David Latchman (the master of Birkbeck, University of London) has far better things to do with his time than check on my latest rant about¡­well, whatever it is that has on its mind on any particular day.

For example, at the moment I am annoyed by Premier League football club ownership and the quality of service in British seaside resorts. But next week it might be tuition fees, why you should take a holiday, the pop music of today or the resettlement of ex-Forces people.

I think that it¡¯s an important part of my job as an academic to speak out. This is distinct from my job as a lecturer and researcher, although I see them as all inextricably linked.

Pat Tissington
Via timeshighereducation.co.uk