13 February 2026
Even after more than two years of Israel’s genocidal aggression in Gaza it seems that managers at some British universities are still only half aware that Israel’s supporters are doing everything they can to suppress the truth about the land theft, ethnic cleansing, mass hostage taking and genocide taking place in Gaza and the OPT. OU senior managers, disregarding their obligation to safeguard free speech, casually failing to seek the advice of qualified faculty, and apparently sympathetic to the views of a foreign lobby group, yielded to a request from UK Lawyers for Israel and agreed to censure language used by its faculty and students about Palestine. Faculty at the OU are now pushing back and invite academics at the OU and elsewhere to sign their petition set out below.
Open Letter to OU Vice-Chancellor
Open Letter to the Vice‑Chancellor of The Open University, UK: Call for Urgent Compliance Action under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 regarding “Ancient Palestine”
Sign here
12 February 2026
Dear Vice‑Chancellor of The Open University,
We, the undersigned, write with profound concern to demand an urgent public retraction of all commitments The Open University in the UK (OU) has made to UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). These include commitments to not use the term “ancient Palestine” in future learning materials and to add caveats to existing content on grounds of the term being newly “problematic.” A Freedom of Information request confirms the OU’s commitments as stated on UKLFI’s website.
There is a significant risk that these commitments could be interpreted as inconsistent with the OU’s statutory duties under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (HEFSA). The commitments expose staff to harassment, set harmful precedents for further attacks on academic freedom, and make the OU complicit in the spread of disinformation and a politically motivated attempt to erase Palestine from history. Erasing historical facts can help legitimise Israel’s ongoing and unlawful annexation of Palestinian territories. Moreover, evidence of external interference in academic affairs damages institutional reputation, undermines academic integrity, weakens public trust and discourages open debate, which is central to Universities’ mission. We therefore ask the Vice-Chancellor to urgently and fully retract all commitments the OU has made to UKLFI.
The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (HEFSA) exists precisely to protect providers and their constituents (students, staff and visiting speakers) against the ideological influence of external lobby groups. UKLFI is a known lobbying entity under investigation for “strategic lawsuits against public participation (slapps)” […] intended to limit freedom of expression on matters of public interest”, as reported in The Guardian, with its charitable wing also under investigation. Under the duties imposed by HEFSA, and in accordance with the Regulator’s Framework for Assessment, UKLFI’s request should have been promptly rejected with no concessions made. We remind the Vice-Chancellor of established interpretations of the Equality Act (2010), and that academic content should not be restricted or modified on the basis of offence, and this includes offence purported by an external lobbying entity.
Requirements to add context notes as a result of external pressure amounts to compelling academics to frame or present their teaching in a way that reflects the ideological preference of an external lobby group, rather than their own professional judgment. The Office for Students’ Regulatory Advice, Section 3, Point 207 makes clear that “[a]cademic staff should not be constrained or pressured in their teaching to endorse or reject particular value judgements.” Proscription of an academically recognised term (“ancient Palestine”) as a result of external pressure not only constitutes downright censorship but could have a chilling effect on lawful speech and academic freedom.
Despite repeated appeals from concerned members of staff for a public statement, the OU’s continued public silence has allowed its ill-judged commitments and associated disinformation to spread across national and international media, The Telegraph, Israel National News, Talk TV, and others.
Under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023, Vice-Chancellors have a ”positive duty” to take “reasonably practicable steps” to secure and protect lawful speech and academic freedom from improper external influence, with risk of financial penalties for non‑compliance. We therefore respectfully request you fully, publicly and urgently retract all commitments made to UKLFI, issue a public defence of the historical accuracy and importance of the term “ancient Palestine”, and reaffirm the University’s commitment to its statutory duties under the HEFSA. To occasion institutional learning and reduce risk of recurrence, we also demand a thorough, independent inquiry into how this incident occurred.
Sincerely,
The undersigned
Please Sign our Letter Here: https://forms.gle/BGkJBD5YiPheedf99 (names will be updated online regularly)
| # | Title | Name | Position | Affiliation | Additional information |
| 1 | Prof. | Kristina Hultgren | Professor of Sociolinguistics, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | The Open University, UK | PI of UKRI-funded project Universities Fit for the Future? Democratising Governance in Neoliberalised Higher Education |
| 2 | Prof. | Nur Masalha | Formerly Director of the Centre of Religion and History | St. Mary’s University, UK | Author of Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History |
| 3 | Prof. | Tahrir Hamdi | Director of Arab Open University in Jordan | Arab Open University, Jordan | Author of Imagining Palestine |
| 4 | Dr. | Marchella Ward | Lecturer in Classical Studies | The Open University, UK | Author of ‘How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine’ |
| 5 | Prof. | Rashid Khalidi | Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies | History Department, Columbia University, US | Author of 8 books, including The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, see also: Rashid Khalidi in The Guardian |
| 6 | Prof. | Ilan Pappé | Professor, Israeli Historian and Political Scientist, Founder and Co-Director of The European Centre for Palestine Studies | University of Exeter, UK | Author of numerous works on Israel/Palestine, including The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine; Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic; Ten Myths about Israel |
| 7 | Dr | Julia Molinari | Lecturer in Professional Academic Communication in English | The Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group |
| 8 | Prof. | Sindre Bangstad | Research Professor | KIFO Institute For Church, Religion and Worldview Research, Oslo, Norway | Author of ‘The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom and the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism’ |
| 9 | Prof. | Neve Gordon | Professor of International Law and Human Rights | Queen Mary University of London, UK | Author of ‘The weaponisation of antisemitism: The Jewish Chronicle and the production of a moral panic’ |
| 10 | Dr | Aneeza Pervez | Betty Behrens Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer | University of Cambridge and The Open University | Author of Witnessing silence: the Palestinian genocide, institutional complicity, and the politics of knowledge |
| 11 | Prof. | James Dickins | Chair of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (Emeritus Professor of Arabic) | University of Leeds, UK | British Committee for the Universities of Palestine |
| 12 | Dr | Roberto De Vogli | Associate Professor | Università degli studi di Padova, Italy | Author of Lancet-article ‘Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza’ |
| 13 | Prof. | Laleh Khalili | Al Qasimi Professor of Gulf Studies | Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, UK | Author of Sinews of War and Trade; Corporeal Life of Seafaring; Extractive Capitalism |
| 14 | Prof. | Ariella Aïsha Azoulay | Author, art curator and filmmaker; Professor of Comparative Literature and Modern Culture and Media | Brown University, US | Author of Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism; From Palestine to Israel; The One State Condition. |
| 15 | Dr | Edward Skidelsky | Lecturer in Philosophy | University of Exeter, UK | Director of the Committee for Academic Freedom |
| 16 | Dr | Tracie Farrell | Senior Research Fellow, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship | The Open University, UK | PI of UKRI-funded project Shifting Power |
| 17 | Dr. | Ramzy Baroud | American-Palestinian journalist and writer; Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow | Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at Istanbul Zaim University (IZU), Türkiye | Author of numerous works, including Before the Flood. |
| 18 | Dr | Eleni Dimou | Senior Lecturer in Criminology | Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group |
| 19 | Dr. | Jonathan Montomoli | Medical Doctor | Romagna Local Health Authority, Italy | Author of Lancet-article ‘Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza’ ICM Letter ‘From the pandemic to a war: a call for solidarity with all healthcare workers’ |
| 20 | Dr | Ben Wiedel-Kaufmann | Lecturer in Art History | The Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group; Open University UCU Executive Committee (Ordinary Member); Secretary, Lambeth Trades Union Council |
| 21 | Dr | Jakob Bro-Jorgensen | Senior Lecturer | University of Liverpool, UK | Director, BEAST (Biodiversity in Egyptian Archaeology during Societal Transitions) |
| 22 | Dr | Terri Ginsberg | Assistant Teaching Professor, Cinema and Media Studies | Rutgers University, USA | Advisory Board, Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism |
| 23 | Dr. | Syed Mustafa Ali | Lecturer in Computing | The Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group |
| 24 | Dr | Salma Al-Nims | Chief Consulting Officer | Inclusive Scopes Advisors | Women, Peace and Security |
| 25 | Prof. | Penny Green | Professor of Law and Globalisation | Queen Mary University of London, UK | |
| 26 | Dr | Clive Gabay | Reader in International Politics | Queen Mary University of London, UK | PhD Open University (2010); Author of A Family in Fragments: Race, Zionism and Retrievable Futures (Forthcoming with Rutgers University Press) |
| 27 | Mr | Ivan Finney | Associate Lecturer (Geology) and Curriculum Manager | The Open University, UK | Undergraduate dissertation on the Palestine-Israel conflict, lived and worked in Palestine-Israel in 1982 witnessing the military action of Israel in invading Lebanon |
| 28 | Dr | Emma Barker | Senior Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 29 | Prof. | David Johnson | Emeritus Professor | The Open University, UK | |
| 30 | Prof. | Suman Gupta | Professor of Literature and Cultural History | The Open University, UK | |
| 31 | Ray Corrigan | Senior Lecturer in Computing & Communications | The Open University, UK | ||
| 32 | Dr | Kim Charnley | Senior Lecturer Art History | The Open University, UK | |
| 33 | Prof. | Chris Cunneen | Professor of Criminology | Jumbunna Institute for indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology Sydney, Australia | |
| 34 | Prof. | Thalia Anthony | Professor of Law | University of Technology Sydney, Australia | |
| 35 | Dr | Lucy Hollingworth | Staff Tutor in Music | The Open University, UK | |
| 36 | Prof | Carol Azumah Dennis | Professor of Education, Policy and Practice | The Open University, UK | |
| 37 | Prof. | Steve Tombs | Emeritus Professor | The Open University, UK | |
| 38 | Farnaz Rais | Stakeholder Engagement & Delivery Lead | The Open University, UK | ||
| 39 | Dr | Kristen Reid | Senior Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 40 | Ms | Alison Higgs | Senior Lecturer, Social Work | The Open University, UK | |
| 41 | Mrs | Lubna Asif | Associate Editor | The Open University, UK | |
| 42 | Dr | Nela Smolović Jones | Senior Lecturer in Organization Studies | The Open University, UK | |
| 43 | Allie Kerper | Development Editor | The Open University, UK | OU UCU Rep for Learner and Discovery Services | |
| 44 | Dr | George Sandifer-Smith | Lecturer in Creative, Lifelong Learning Tutor | The Open University, UK and Aberystwyth University, UK | |
| 45 | Dr | Barry Powell | Associate Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 46 | Rachel Garnham | Senior Manager, Office of PVC (Students) | The Open University, UK | ||
| 47 | Ms | Jackie Andrew-Barrett | MSC Alumna of OU and previous Assistant Tutor | The Open University, UK | |
| 48 | Imogen Charnley | Development Editor | The Open University, UK | ||
| 49 | Sonia Hawkey | Development Editor | The Open University, UK | ||
| 50 | Lizzie Evans | Development Editor | The Open University, UK | ||
| 51 | Dr | Mayssoun Zucaria | Reader in Development Studies | King’s College, London, UK | |
| 52 | Dr | Warren Carter | Lecturer/Staff Tutor | The Open University, UK | |
| 53 | Mrs | Celeste Thompson | Editor (Production) | The Open University, UK | |
| 54 | Dr | Amanda Sciampacone | Lecturer in Art History | The Open University, UK | |
| 55 | Dr | Sandy Fraser | Senior Lecturer Health and Social Care | The Open University, UK | |
| 56 | Suresh T. Nesaratnam | Retired Senior Lecturer in Environmental Engineering | The Open University, UK | ||
| 57 | Daniela Ciccarello | Quality Coordinator | The Open University, UK | OU Palestine Solidarity Group | |
| 58 | Prof. | Rosalind Edwards | Professor of Sociology | University of Southampton, UK | British Jewish academic |
| 59 | Dr | Ece Kocabicak | Senior Lecturer | The Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group |
| 60 | Ms | Olwyn O’Malley | Associate Head of School for Students and Tuition, Languages and Applied Linguistics | The Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group |
| 61 | Katy Laythorne | Development Editor | The Open University, UK | ||
| 62 | Dr | Amy Jane Barnes | Senior Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Art History | The Open University, UK | |
| 63 | David Chapman | Retired Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Communications | The Open University, UK | ||
| 64 | Mrs | Elizabeth Hindle | Administrator | The Open University, UK | |
| 65 | Dr | Andrew Murray | Lecturer in Art History, Open University | Lecturer in Art History, Open University | |
| 66 | Ms | Christina Collins | Product Owner | The Open University, UK | |
| 67 | Anusha Patel | Student-activist | OU Student | Co-chair of the Open University Friends of Palestine student club | |
| 68 | Mr | Saleem Rashid | Associate Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 69 | Drs | Emilie Gossye | PhD researcher in Criminology | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium | |
| 70 | Ms | Lynn Rooney | Associate Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 71 | Ms | Patricia McCarthy | Curriculum Manager (retired) | The Open University, UK | |
| 72 | Helen Timlin | Library Assistant | The Open University, UK | Member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group | |
| 73 | Fiona Hobden | Staff Tutor & Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies | The Open University, UK | ||
| 74 | Brunilda Pali | Assistant Professor | University of Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| 75 | Frank Monaghan | Honorary Associate, School of Languages and Applied Linguistics | The Open University, UK | ||
| 76 | Anna Judd-Yelland | Learning Designer LDA | The Open University, UK | Member of the OU Palestine Solidarity Group | |
| 77 | Amy Charlesworth | Lecturer | The Open University, UK | ||
| 78 | Dr | Kathryn Medien | Senior Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 79 | Barbara Spicer | Postgraduate Researchers | The Open University, UK | ||
| 80 | Dr | Sadaf Rizvi | Associate Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 81 | Abbé Farrell | Post Graduate Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 82 | Miss | Rowan Damaschin | Undergraduate and prospective OU Student | The Open University, UK | |
| 82 | Arlene Thomas- Ramasut | Lecturer in Education (retired) | Cardiff University, UK | ||
| 84 | Mr | History student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 85 | Dr. | Lambros Fatsis | Senior Lecturer in Criminology | City St George’s University of London | |
| 86 | Dr | Amjad Alsyouf | Dean of Scientific Research | Arab Open University, Jordan | |
| 87 | Prof. | Jane Poyner | Professor | University of Exeter, UK | South African literature & culture (apartheid and post-apartheid); World literature |
| 88 | Dr | Joe Turner | Senior Lecturer in International Politics | University of York, UK | |
| 89 | Dr | Caitlin Biddolph | Lecturer in International Relations | University of Technology Sydney, Australia | |
| 90 | Prof. | Richard Hall | Professor of Education and Technology | De Montfort University, UK | |
| 91 | Dr | Afaf Jabiri | Senior Lecturer | University of East London, UK | |
| 92 | Ms | Ana Velasco | Research Associate | University of Bremen, Germany | |
| 93 | Dr | Dalia Mostafa | Honorary Research Fellow | University of Manchester, UK | |
| 94 | Prof. | John Holmwood | Emeritus Professor of Sociology | University of Nottingham, UK | |
| 95 | Dr | Sami Al-Khawaldeh | Assistant Professor of Linguistics | Arab Open University, Jordan | |
| 96 | Prof. | Alfredo Saad Filho | Professor of International Political Economy | Queen’s University Belfast, UK | |
| 97 | Dr | Petter Ericson | Staff scientist | Umeå University, Sweden | |
| 98 | Dr | Norma Rantisi | Professor of Geography & Planning | Concordia University, Canada | |
| 99 | Dr | Lesley Doyle | Senior Lecturer in Education | University of Glasgow, UK | |
| 100 | Dr | Anne-Noel Samaha | Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology | Université de Montréal, Canada | |
| 101 | Dr | Dror Warschawski | Research Associate in Biophysics | Sorbonne Université, Paris, France | |
| 102 | Dr | Carlos Azevedo | Researcher | Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies | A former PhD student and Visiting Fellow at The Open University and a former member of The Open University Palestine Solidarity Group |
| 103 | Dr | Iman Hamam | Independent Scholar | ||
| 104 | Ben Pietras | Senior Research Platforms Engineer | University of Liverpool, UK | ||
| 105 | Dr | Peaks Krafft | Lecturer in Sociology | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 106 | Ms | Gabriella Ibba | PhD candidate | University of East London, UK | |
| 107 | Mays Ishnaiwer | Activist | Independent | ||
| 108 | Shaista Chishty | PhD student | Cardiff University, UK | ||
| 109 | Dr | Simone Rowe | Lecturer, Social Work | Australian Catholic University, Australia | Anti-genocidal, Decarceral and Anti-Colonial Criminologies (ADAC) Network, Member |
| 110 | Dr | Natalia Maystorovich Chulio | Teaching Fellow in Criminology | The University of New South Wales | ISA RC48 Necropolitics of Mass Violence Research Network Coordinator |
| 111 | Dr | Ola Kittaneh | Assistant Professor of English Literature | Arab Open University, Jordan | |
| 112 | Dr | Maria Gianacopoulos | Associate Professor | University of New South Wales, Australia | Director Centre for Criminology Law and Justice |
| 113 | Prof. | Jude McCulloch | Professor Emerita | Monash University, Australia | |
| 114 | Prof. | Elena Marchetti | Professor | Griffith University, Australia | |
| 115 | Dr | Samuel Lawton | Lecturer | University of Glasgow, UK | |
| 116 | Sharon Hartles | Alumna | The Open University, UK | ||
| 117 | Prof. | Murray Lee | Professor of Criminology | University of Sydney, Australia | |
| 118 | Dr | Taylor G. Hill | Lecturer in Psychology | University of Dundee, UK | |
| 119 | Prof. | Alana Lentin | Professor of Cultural and Social Analysis | Western Sydney University, Australia | Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism |
| 120 | Jenna Mizzi | Research Associate | Flinders University, Australia | ||
| 121 | Sanna Ryynänen | PhD Researcher | University of Jyväskylä | Research interests: racism and coloniality | |
| 122 | Mr | Daniel Jeffery | Vice Chair (Lambeth UNISON) | UNISON | |
| 123 | Dr | Nancy Tamimi | Senior Lecturer | King’s College London, UK | |
| 124 | Dr. | Sadia Habib | Senior Lecturer | University of Manchester, UK | |
| 125 | Lila Tamea | PhD Candidate | Liverpool John Moores University, UK | ||
| 126 | Dr | Kevin Biderman | Lecturer (UAL) | UAL UCU, UK | |
| 127 | Mrs | Fatimah Boateng | Local Government Worker | Lambeth LA, UK | |
| 128 | William Crosby | Lecturer in Music and Media Studies | Anglia Ruskin University, UK | UCU Rep / Doctoral Researcher at University of the Arts, London | |
| 129 | Miss | Antonia Listrat | Student Union President | University of Birmingham Guild of Students, UK | |
| 130 | Dr | Lana Tatour | Senior Lecturer in Global Development | University of New South Wales, Australia | |
| 131 | Dr | Antje Deckert | Associate Professor | Auckland University of Technology, Australia | Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Decolonisation of Criminology and Justice |
| 132 | Dr | Naama Carlin | Senior Lecturer | University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia | |
| 133 | Miss | Faiza Abdulkadir | MPhil/PhD Doctoral Researcher | Birkbeck, University of London, UK | |
| 134 | Prof | James Dickins | Professor of Arabic (Emeritus) | University of Leeds, UK | |
| 135 | Dr | Nick Riemer | Senior Lecturer, Departments of English and Writing and Linguistics | University of Sydney, Australia | |
| 136 | Mr | Jeremy Drinkall | Retired educator | UNISON, UK | |
| 137 | Dr | Katharine Johnston | Senior Lecturer | University of Lincoln, UK | |
| 138 | Mr | Mike Cushman | Research Fellow (rtd) | London School of Economics, UK | |
| 139 | Dr | Alice Mills | Associate Professor | University of Auckland, New Zealand | |
| 140 | Dr | Emily Clifford | Lecturer | City St George’s, University of London, UK | |
| 141 | Jessie Yeung | International Students Officer | Bristol SU, UK | ||
| 142 | Ms | Jocelyn Rhoda | UNISON shop steward in Children’s social care | UNISON, UK | |
| 143 | Prof | Miriam David | Professor Emerita, Sociology of Education | University College London Institute of Education | Editor, Sage Encyclopaedia of Higher Education (4 volumes) |
| 144 | Luka CJ | Student-activist | OU Student, The Open University, UK | Chair of the OU Friends of Palestine student group | |
| 145 | Jan O’Malley | Activist | Lambeth and Southwark Palestine Solidarity Campaign | ||
| 146 | Miss | Thulile Mazosiwe | Student | UAL Pro-Palestine group | |
| 147 | Miss | Hilary James | OU Student | The Open University, UK | |
| 148 | Mr | Steven McCubbin | Activist | Milton Keynes branch of Palestine Solidarity Campaign | |
| 149 | Mrs | Sara Vaghefian | Lecturer | Central Saint Martins, UAL | |
| 150 | Mr | John Lardner | Retired History Teacher | Defend Our Juries | Poetry, Fascism: its psychological, sociological and historical significance (and dangers). |
| 151 | Dr | Malcolm MacLean | Academic Director, Doctoral College/Hon Associate Professor | University Of Wales Trinity St David/The University of Queensland, Australia | Historian with work focused on anti-apartheid struggles and cultural boycotts |
| 152 | Shyrina Rantisi | Local Authority Worker | Lambeth Unison, UK | ||
| 153 | Cara Evelyn | Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 154 | Megan Champion | Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 155 | Natalia Espinosa Correa | Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 156 | Elly Ní Fhaoláin | Member GMB | UWU | ||
| 157 | Eden byrne | Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 158 | Ioanna Kalogeraki | Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 159 | Nickla Lamb | Arts and Humanities Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 160 | Miss | Amaya Nain-Laycock | Student | NA | |
| 161 | Prof. | Keith Attenborough | Emeritus Professor | The Open University, UK | |
| 162 | Astrid Coppock | Alumnus | The Open University, UK | ||
| 163 | Lara Krause-Alzaidi | Assistant Professor | Leipzig University, Germany | ||
| 164 | Dr | Prithvi Shrestha | Senior Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics | The Open University, UK | |
| 165 | Marie Suard | Social Psychology Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 166 | Ana Beatriz Garcia | Student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 167 | Luay Salman | Associate Lecturer (STEM) | The Open University, UK | ||
| 168 | Dr | Ahmed Tarek | Research Fellow | CERN, Switzerland | |
| 169 | Prof. | Alessandro Ferretti | Associate Professor | Università di Torino, Italy | INFN |
| 170 | Dr | Bill Guariento | Senior Lecturer, English Language and Linguistics | Northumbria University, UK | |
| 171 | Prof. | Miguel Pérez-Milans | Professor of Language, Discourse and Communication | University College London, UK | |
| 172 | Prof. | Lauren Hall-Lew | Personal Chair in Sociolinguistics | The University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 173 | Prof. | John Gray | Professor of Applied Linguistics and Education | University College London, UK | |
| 174 | Mx | Kahlo Demmenie | Student | The Open University, UK | Criminology and Psychology |
| 175 | Prof. | Theresa Lillis | Professor Emerita, English Language and Linguistics | WELS, The Open University, UK | |
| 176 | Colette Ansell | Student | |||
| 177 | Prof. | Alison Phipps | Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies | University of Glasgow | UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages and Arts |
| 178 | Dr | Deirdre Byrne | Staff Researcher | Atlantic Technological University, Ireland, UK | |
| 179 | Prof. | Clare Downham | Professor of Medieval History | University of Liverpool, UK | |
| 180 | Prof. | Miguel Fuster | Professor of English Linguistics | University of Valencia, Spain | Researcher in Corpus Linguistics |
| 181 | Dr | Steffen Hope | Researcher | University of Bergen, Norway | |
| 182 | Dr | Giuliana Ferri | Associate Professor | University College London, UK | |
| 183 | Dr | Kate Mathis | Lecturer in Celtic | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 184 | Prof. | John P. O’Regan | Deputy Director, International Centre for Intercultural Studies | University College London, UK | |
| 185 | Dr | Gina Gwenffrewi | Lecturer in Culture and Media, Trans and Queer Studies | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 186 | Mrs | Nikki Murphy | Teacher | None | |
| 187 | Dr | Tim Hammond | Lecturer in English Literature | The Open University, UK | |
| 188 | Mrs | Eve McGowan | Teacher/Lawyer | No university | |
| 189 | Anna Lilley | Open University undergraduate student | The Open University, UK | ||
| 190 | Taylor Gray | Assistant Research Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Jewish Studies | Penn State, U.S., University of St Andrews, UK alumn | Biblical Scholar | |
| 191 | Dr | Ian Poole | Independent Writer | None | Research into early Christianity |
| 192 | Dr | Susan Poole | Self-employed | Liverpool University, UK | PhD Architectural History |
| 193 | Pauline Lybert | Concerned human | Liverpool John Moores University, UK | ||
| 194 | Dr | Nicholas S. M. Matheou | Lecturer in Global Medieval History | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 195 | Dr | Jeremy Dell | Lecturer in African History | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 196 | Prof. | John Clarke | Emeritus Professor of Social Policy | The Open University, UK | |
| 197 | Prof. | Quentin Williams | Director, Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research (CMDR) | University of Western Cape, South Africa | |
| 198 | Mrs | Gill Boden | Retired | Cardiff University, UK | |
| 199 | Yarden Azoulay Katz | Assistant Professor | University of Michigan | ||
| 200 | Michael Sweeney | Student | The Open University | ||
| 201 | Luan Carey | UG Student | University of Edinburgh, UK | ||
| 202 | Prof. | Ann Sheffield | Professor Emerita of Chemistry | Allegheny College, US | |
| 203 | Dr | Geetha Reddy | Senior Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 204 | Dr | David g. Robertson | Senior Lecturer | The Open University, Religious Studies | |
| 205 | Ms | Majella Kavanagh | Associate Lecturer | WELS, The Open University | |
| 206 | Dr | Christine Plastow | Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies | The Open University, UK | |
| 207 | Dr | Niall Oddy | Staff Tutor in History | The Open University, UK | |
| 208 | Dr | Sinead Eccles | Staff Tutor | The Open University, UK | Member of the Palestinian Solidarity Group |
| 209 | Prof | David Block | Honorary Professor in Sociolinguistics | Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 210 | Dr | James Dooley | Lecturer in Music Technology | The Open University, UK | |
| 211 | Dr | Anthony Howell | Staff Tutor | The Open University, UK | |
| 212 | Mrs | Lucy Sledge | University of Cumbria, UK | ||
| 213 | Dr | Naomi Barker | Senior Lecturer in Music | The Open University, UK | |
| 214 | Dr | Dogan Yuksel | Research Fellow | The Open University, UK | |
| 215 | Dr | Jaspal Singh | Associate Lecturer | University of the West of England, UK | |
| 216 | Dr | Bethan Michael-Fox | Staff Tutor | The Open University, UK | |
| 217 | Dr | Maria Relaki | Associate Lecturer | The Open University, UK | |
| 218 | Prof. | Orri Vésteinsson | Professor of Archeology | University of Iceland, Iceland | |
| 219 | Dr | Paul Breen | Senior Digital Learning Developer | University College London, UK | Ed Tech and teacher development; Social Justice |
| 220 | Prof | David Kazanjian | Department of English and Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory | University of Pennsylvania, US | |
| 221 | Ma | Felicia M. B. Campos | History Tutor | University of Edinburgh, UK | |
| 222 | Dr | Angeliki Lymberopoulou | Senior Lecturer in Art History | The Open University, UK | |
| 223 | Prof. | Mimi Tatlow-Golden | Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies of Childhood and Youth | The Open University, UK |
