The purpose of this paper is to discuss the links between the Brexit referendum and changes to the nature of racism in Britain, and following on from this, the implications of the counter-terrorist Prevent agenda with regard to universities.,First, the authors discuss the Brexit referendum and its links to changes in the nature of racism in England, drawing on Burnett’s (2013) work to demonstrate how “local conditions, national politics and global conditions” have prompted violent racism in new areas of the country. Within this atmosphere of heightened tension, anti-Muslim abuse and attacks have risen over the past two years, with a proportion of these incidents taking place in universities. The authors then examine the implications of the counter-terrorist Prevent agenda, then disturbing trends that characterise students as vulnerable and university life as potentially damaging to wellbeing, and how these link to anti-extremism dialogue that is expressed in an epidemiological and therapeutic language; the vulnerable are framed pathologically, as “at risk” of radicalisation.,The authors argue that educators’ statutory duty to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism” is in considerable tension with the university statutory duty to uphold the freedom of speech/academic freedom; this “duty of care” effectively requires university staff to act as agents of the state. The authors argue that this threatens to damage trust between staff and students, restrict critical enquiry and limit discussion, particularly in the current circumstances of sector insecurity that have arisen from a combination of neoliberal policies and falling student numbers.,Developing the argument on how these conditions present a threat to the freedom of speech/academic freedom, in the final section, the authors argue that universities must keep spaces open for uncertainty, controversy and disagreement.

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种族主义，预防与教育：坚持开放空间

本文的目的是讨论英国退欧公投与英国种族主义性质的变化之间的联系，并在此之后，探讨反恐预防议程对大学的影响。首先，作者讨论英国脱欧公投及其与英格兰种族主义性质变化的联系，借鉴了伯内特（Burnett）（2013）的工作，以证明“地方条件，国家政治和全球条件”如何助长了该国新地区的暴力种族主义。在这种日益紧张的气氛中，过去两年来，反穆斯林的虐待和袭击有所增加，其中一些事件发生在大学中。然后作者研究了反恐“预防”议程的含义，然后扰乱趋势，这些趋势将学生视为弱势群体，对大学生活造成潜在的危害，以及这些趋势如何与以流行病学和治疗语言表达的反极端主义对话联系起来；作者认为，教育工作者的“充分考虑到防止人们陷入恐怖主义的必要性”的法定义务与大学的法定义务之间存在着很大的紧张关系。维护言论自由/学术自由；这种“谨慎义务”有效地要求大学职员充当国家的代理人。作者认为，这可能会损害教职员工与学生之间的信任，限制批判性探究并限制讨论，