DAILY MAIL COMMENT: How bigotry festers on Britain's campuses
1 year, 2 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: How bigotry festers on Britain's campuses

Daily Mail  

Universities and their student bodies are only too ready to ban controversial speakers from their campuses, or 'cancel' academics whose views don't conform to the woke credo of the Left. Meanwhile, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has issued a warning to those who incite anti-Semitism and mock the murder of Jewish people. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has issued a warning to those who incite anti-Semitism and mock the murder of Jewish people It's surely time for a reset. Yet even some of the comrades are now warning Sir Keir Starmer that his tax raid on private schools could cost jobs, reduce teachers' pension rights and land the already overburdened state sector with many thousands of extra pupils. Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, likened private education to apartheid Labour claims that imposing 20 per cent VAT on private school fees would raise up to £1.7billion a year, which would then be channelled into state education.

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How pro-Hamas protests unfolded on US campuses – and why it could be a problem for Britain
3 months ago

How pro-Hamas protests unfolded on US campuses – and why it could be a problem for Britain

The Telegraph  

“We saw during the last academic year that student activists in the UK are quick to copy some of the protests seen on American campuses,” says Dave Rich, head of policy at the Community Security Trust. The then communities secretary Michael Gove said the encampments were “alive with anti-Israel rhetoric and agitation” that was “deeply, profoundly intimidatory to Jewish students …

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: Can legitimate campus protest be distinguished from antisemitism? This guide aims to help

LA Times  

After one of the most tumultuous years in the modern history of the university, this new academic year brings a sense of trepidation and even dread for students, staff, faculty and administrators. Some students and faculty members at colleges across the country expressed support for the attack or refused to condemn it, leaving many Jews on campus feeling deeply vulnerable. …

Gaza solidarity encampments: We, as educators, need to protect our students
8 months ago

Gaza solidarity encampments: We, as educators, need to protect our students

Al Jazeera  

We have a duty of care for our students who are being attacked for practising outside the classroom what they have learned inside of it. And when the police stormed the encampment at Washington University in St Louis, 65-year-old Professor Steve Tamari of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville was “body slammed and crushed by the weight of several St Louis County …

What gets lost in the campus protests
8 months ago

What gets lost in the campus protests

Salon  

Student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have taken place at colleges and universities in at least 45 states, as well as in Mexico and Canada. For a variety of reasons, most notably, the global democracy crisis and the rise of illiberalism and the Age of Trump, the student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza have become a focal point …

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance on pro-Palestinian protests
8 months, 1 week ago

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance on pro-Palestinian protests

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. “The protesters’ cause is important — bringing attention to the killing of innocent people,” university President Michael Roth wrote to the campus community …

Students join pro-Palestinian encampment at University of College London
8 months, 1 week ago

Students join pro-Palestinian encampment at University of College London

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A spokesperson for Mr Sunak said: “The police already have extensive public order powers …

Pro-Palestinian protests spread across British universities
8 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestinian protests spread across British universities

The Telegraph  

Pro-Palestinian protests are spreading across British universities as students attempt to replicate the occupations that have swept through US campuses. Demonstrators at University College London have added to a growing number of tent camps protesting against the war in Gaza, which have been seen at universities including Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Warwick, Swansea and Bristol. The scenes have been a …

Students occupy UK university campuses in protest against Gaza war
8 months, 1 week ago

Students occupy UK university campuses in protest against Gaza war

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pro-Palestinian students have gathered in protest at universities across the …

Pro-Palestine students inspired by US campus protests set up tents on university lawns across Britain as they take a stand against Israel's war in Gaza
8 months, 1 week ago

Pro-Palestine students inspired by US campus protests set up tents on university lawns across Britain as they take a stand against Israel's war in Gaza

Daily Mail  

Scores of pro-Palestine students are staging protests on university lawns across Britain in a stand against Israel's war in Gaza, in a bid to replicate sit-ins on campuses in the US. The Prime Minister's official spokesman said police will 'have our full support' to tackle potential disorder if students attempt to replicate the violent demonstrations recently seen at US university …

Students start wave of protests over Gaza at UK universities after US crackdown
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Students start wave of protests over Gaza at UK universities after US crackdown

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The protests came following violent clashes on the University of California campus between pro-Palestinian …

Could the Columbia Campus wars over Israel now tear British universities apart?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Could the Columbia Campus wars over Israel now tear British universities apart?

The Independent  

It was just a few days after 7 October when Romilly Blitz experienced her first antisemitic incident on campus. “There was a demonstration which turned nasty; visibly Jewish people who walked past were heckled; things like ‘Israelis should burn in hell’.” Spungin is keen to point out that the J Soc and the Islamic Society have always got on; the …

Irish schoolchildren back Palestinians and shout IRA slogans
1 year, 3 months ago

Irish schoolchildren back Palestinians and shout IRA slogans

The Telegraph  

A school in Belfast has faced backlash after pupils staged a “completely inappropriate” lunchtime protest in support of Palestine and repeated IRA slogans. The organiser of the protest, sixth former Pádraig de Brún, addressed the demonstration and ended his speech by quoting IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands: “Our revenge will be the laughter of our children”. In a post that …

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