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9 April 2026 Defense for Children International – Palestine has produced a documentary film depicting the genocide through the eyes of Palestinian children who have endured it. The film can be downloaded and shown to interested audiences. Documentary: Through a Child’s Eyes Through a Child’s Eyes is a documentary featuring interviews with Palestinian children enduring…

1 April 2026 BRICUP’s friends in Scotland deserve congratulations for securing the adoption of an important motion at the AGM of the Scottish UCU Congress last Friday. It’s set out below. A similar motion is going to the UK-wide UCU Congress in May. BRICUP played a central role in organising the three previous Campus Voices…

30 March 2026 Here’s the report by activists at the OU on their successful pushback against the UKLFI’s use of lawfare to erase Palestine from maps and academic discourse.  Background: OU capitulation to pro-Israel lobby In November 2025, UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) sent the Open University (OU) a threat of legal action against the…

30 March 2026 A group of international academics have launched an archive commemorating Palestinian scholars killed during the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza since 2023. The initiative documents the lives, work and contributions of university professors, researcher and educators, and is part of a broader effort to document what scholars and human rights advocates describe…

18 February 2026 The Cambridge Union is holding an important debate on introducing Palestine Studies to the University curriculum. It is scheduled for 24 February at 6:30 p.m. A limited number of places are available to non-members of the University. Here is the poster.

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…

4 December 2025 Five years ago, Professor Arif Ahmed of Cambridge University understood that the IHRA definition of antisemitism was a tool for suppressing free speech on Israel. He warned the then Minister for Higher Education Gavin Williamson, “I am strongly against [the] requirement that universities adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism. This ‘definition’ is…

17 November 2025 Earlier this month BRICUP held a conference in London to launch the new edition of its booklet, “Why boycott Israeli universities”, which included powerful speeches by Professor David Johnson of the Open University who co-wrote the new edition, the Palestinian author and academic Dr Ghada Karmi, Neve Gordon, formerly of Ben Gurion…

17 November 2025 Earlier this month BRICUP held a conference in London to launch the new edition of its booklet, “Why boycott Israeli universities”, which included powerful speeches by Professor David Johnson of the Open University who co-wrote the new edition, the Palestinian author and academic Dr Ghada Karmi, Neve Gordon, formerly of Ben Gurion…

17 November 2025 Earlier this month BRICUP held a conference in London to launch the new edition of its booklet, “Why boycott Israeli universities”, which included powerful speeches by Professor David Johnson of the Open University who co-wrote the new edition, the Palestinian author and academic Dr Ghada Karmi, Neve Gordon, formerly of Ben Gurion…