Written questions

Confucius Institutes: Academic Freedom

Commons · Question 25750 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 6 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the work of Confucius Institutes on freedom of speech in the higher education sector.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 6 Feb 2025

This government is committed to ensuring our world leading universities remain free from foreign interference.Any international arrangements English higher education (HE) providers who are registered with the Office for Students (OfS) make, including Conf...