The use of student society social media to share extremist material, or promote events with extremist preachers, is something that Student Rights highlighted in the report 'Challenging Extremists: Practical Frameworks for our Universities'.

This info-graphic outlines our key findings from 2012, detailing the most frequently invited speakers,...

Back in February a Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) spokesperson wrote on this website that criticism of his organisation's failure to fully challenge extremism was misleading and part of an effort to "criminalise the activities of Muslim students on British campuses".

This was despite the fact that...

One of the most enduring tropes of British student activism over the years has been the willingness and determination to support those worse off than themselves.

The UK's Muslim students are often at the forefront of this, with Islamic Societies frequently some of the most successful student groups at raising...

As people from all over the world arrive in London to cheer on their athletes at the Olympic Games, the opportunity for religious organisations to spread their word is one which appears to be too good to miss.

Here at Student Rights we have found that a number of...

The social-networking site Twitter is an eclectic and anarchic public forum, with today's top 'trends' (topics being discussed) as I write this piece as varied as 'Andrea Pirlo' and 'What really turns me on'.

However, the diverse interests of its users, and the laissez-faire attitude towards regulation practiced by...

The report 'Challenging extremists: practical frameworks for our universities', co-written by myself and released yesterday by Student Rights and the Henry Jackson Society, highlights the continuing role that universities unwittingly play in providing a forum for radicalisation.

By focusing on the use of...

In March this year, it was reported that a number of students and lecturers had come out in criticism of the Prevent counter-terrorism strategy, arguing that it was "open to discriminatory interpretations" and that it unfairly singled out the risk of Islamist extremism as a threat.

Over the...

The debate that surrounds the issue of extremism on university campuses is one which is frequently framed in political language, examining the dangers of Islamist radicalisation or the influence of the Far-Right. Challenging the spread of homophobia by religious speakers is something which often receives less attention, yet is an...

News has broken today of comments made by the Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Tonge at an event hosted by the Free Palestine Society at Middlesex University last week. Highlighted by Student Rights, the story has since been picked up by the Guido Fawkes blog,...

Recently my organisation reported on the cancellation of an event at the University of Westminster which was due to feature Jamal Harwood, a senior member of the Islamist organisation Hizb-ut-Tahrir, as one of its speakers.

Following complaints from students that Hizb-ut-Tahrir members are banned from...

The article published on this website yesterday by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) spokesman Amandla Thomas-Johnson has attempted to suggest that there is a concerted attempt by groups like Student Rights to smear Muslim students as extremists. This is itself a smear on the work of...