A new proposed Bill before parliament to protect free speech will make UK universities reveal details of overseas funding from countries like China.
Under amendments to the Higher Education [Freedom of Speech] Bill, universities could face fines if they fail to show financial arrangements they secure with so-called foreign actors or overseas organisations deemed a threat to democracy.
“It is right that we are taking new action to protect our universities from undue foreign influences that work against British values,” universities minister, Michelle Donelan told Parliament on Monday evening.
She added: “The UK is a bastion of free speech. More than two thirds of the world’s population live in places where academic freedom is severely limited.  For decades students have travelled thousands of miles across the globe to study here because of our values of free speech and academic freedom.”…