This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This How to guide addresses the complex debate around free speech and academic freedom within universities and provides proven pedagogic responses to the issues raised. Contributors showcase and dissect case studies of universities’ failures and successes in dealing with issues including ‘culture wars’, ‘woke’/ ‘antiwoke’ disputes, antisemitism, decolonising the curriculum, Islamophobia, Israel-Palestine and racism. Eighteen chapters encompass eight countries from the UK to North America and Japan.