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While Relay is committed to the principles of free inquiry and free expression in the educational program and in research, harassment identified in Relay policies is neither legally protected expression nor the proper exercise of academic freedom. Every member of Relay enjoys freedom of speech exercised in connection with the institution and academic freedom subject only to prohibitions, restrictions, or conditions imposed by:
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law;
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the reasonable and proportionate regulation of conduct necessary to the discharge of Relay’s teaching and research activities;
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the right and freedom of others to express themselves and to hear and receive information and opinions;
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the reasonable and proportionate regulation necessary to discharge the institution’s duty to foster the well-being of students and staff;
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the reasonable and proportionate regulation of conduct necessary to enable the institution to give effect to its legal duties including its duties to visitors to the university;
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the institution by way of its reasonable requirements as to the courses to be delivered and the content and means of their delivery.
A person’s lawful speech in connection with the institution shall not constitute misconduct, unless it has been determined as a breach under the Code of Conduct, nor attract any penalty or other adverse action by reference only to its content. The exercise by a member of academic staff or of a student of academic freedom, subject to the above limitations, shall not constitute misconduct nor attract any penalty or other adverse action unless it has been determined as a breach under the Code of Conduct.
