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Liberating the Minds: Universities Should Be Hubs For Political Discourse

Dr Sharifah Munirah Alatas, Visiting Professor, Political Science Department of the Indonesian International Islamic University (UIII, Jakarta)

25-Apr-23 15:00

Liberating the Minds: Universities Should Be Hubs For Political Discourse

Dr Sharifah Munirah Alatas is a retired academician who believes that universities should be a hub for political discourse and a place to liberate minds. However, this cannot be truly achieved so long as UUCA (or AUKU) – Universities and Universities Colleges Act nor when education is guarded or gatekept by the ruling elite. We unpack this with Dr Sharifah.

Image Credit: http://82-g.blogspot.com/2013/05/kisah-aku-dan-juandajaya-15.html

Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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Categories:  politics,  education,  Law/Activism

Tags:  politics,  academic freedom,  student movement,  student protest,  auku,  uuca, 


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