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Peter Ridd’s James Cook University “Dramatic Drop in Student Enrolment”
Perhaps a reputation for trampling academic freedom has consequences.
Peter Ridd Case: Academic Freedom Just Died in Australia
Australia’s High Court has ruled that University administrators have the right to fire academics for breach of employment code of conduct, which has precedence over academic freedom.
James Cook University Researchers Refuted: “Ocean Acidification Does not Impair” Fish behaviour
Reposted from NoTricksZone By P Gosselin on 27. June 2021 Die kalte Sonne’s latest video here looks at a recent paper on ocean acidification and the impact it had been claimed to have on…
The Idea of Academic Freedom, Explained by Stone and Forrest*
Reposted from Jennifer Marohasy’s Blog June 25, 2021 By admin Does the principle of academic freedom protect Australian academics who engage in pointed public criticism of their academic colleagues, and university governance?…
Academic Freedom VS JCU: Reef Scientist Peter Ridd Vows to Fight On
Courageous Reef Scientist Peter Ridd needs your help. He plans to continue the battle against James Cook University, to protect the right of Australian professors to be uncollegial, their right…
University Appeal Upheld, Peter Ridd Loses – We all Lose
On 2 May 2018, Professor Peter Ridd was sacked by James Cook University for serious misconduct. It all started when he called-out his colleague Terry Hughes for falsely claiming healthy…
Peter Ridd case Appealed by James Cook University.
Peter Ridd Action Fund is here. From the action fund page. JCU Appeals. We must fight again, and will need about $1.5M AUD to take this as far as the…
Dr. Peter Ridd on the Free Speech Crisis At Universities
Marine Geophysicist, Dr Peter Ridd, has said his experience with James Cook University, and the slow take up by universities to the free speech model code proposed by former High…
Peter Ridd case has been set for 26-28 March with Judge Vasta but yet to have a courtroom assigned.
Information may be found here. For Background https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/12/02/update-on-peter-ridd-legal-action/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/11/05/no-judge-available-to-hear-peter-ridd-in-federal-court/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/19/an-update-from-peter-ridd-on-his-legal-case-against-jcu/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/11/give-it-up-james-cook-university-even-the-guardian-sympathises-with-climate-skeptic-peter-ridd/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/04/update-on-dr-peter-ridd-and-the-firestorm-engulfing-the-bureautwits-jcu/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/22/former-aussie-prime-minister-sacking-peter-ridd-was-an-attack-on-science/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/18/climate-skeptic-professor-peter-ridd-fired-for-his-views-by-james-cook-university-jcu/ https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/02/08/peter-ridd-hits-back-at-jcu-james-cook-university-hard/ HT/LdB
Update on Peter Ridd Legal Action
Update 10 Posted by Peter Ridd Dear All, Just as we were finishing preparations for the court case next week, we found out today that there has been…
Abnormal extreme weather? Just another scare tactic
Why Nobody Ever Calls The Weather Normal By Dr. Matt Ridley WHEN the history of the global warming scare comes to be written, a chapter should be devoted to the…
Wild claim from University of East Anglia
No mays, coulds, or mights here in this press release headline from UEA. They say “will“. As usual, they assume nature so poorly equipped her creations that they can’t adapt.…
Re-name “Earth Hour” to “Energy Hour” and base it on sound science
Doing the right things for the wrong reasons is a serious mistake Ottawa, Canada, March 28, 2012: “Earth Hour is yet another symbol of how climate activists have hijacked the…
Australian hybrid fish story – Media jumps the shark
Pretty much everyone who has seen this today shakes their head and wonders. I’m wondering too. First, the story which is being serially regurgitated without any thought in media outlets…
CO2 deafens "Nemo" – or, how many ichthyologists can you fit in that car?
We’ve already had a “climate craziness of the week” so I’ll just file this bit of blather under another category. First, this article in The Independent, which aims to scare…
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