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A Victory for Academic Freedom: University of Leeds Restores All Rights to Professor James Dickins
BRICUP statement 6 June 2026 After a two year battle the University of Leeds has restored full academic privileges to their Emeritus Professor James Dickins. James was a Professor of Arabic at the University of Leeds from 2010 until his retirement in 2023 when he became an Emeritus Professor. He is Chair of the British…
European Legal Support Center maps university complicity with Israel across Europe
10 June 2026 The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has produced an impressive database showing how different European universities are complicit in Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing project in Palestine. Why map the ties between European Universities and Israel? In early 2024, in response to the ongoing genocide in Palestine perpetrated by the state of Israel, students and…
UCU Congress and Scotland congress motions on Palestine
3 June 2026 BRICUP is extremely pleased to post below the motions on Palestine adopted by overwhelming majorities at the UCU Congress last week and earlier at the UCU Scotland Congress. Note that UCU will fund another Campus Voices for Palestine tour this winter. UCU branches prepared to host a visit should get in touch…
Some useful online resources from “Campain” for Palestine campaigners
2 June 2026 The following is a message from Jonathan Coulter, secretary of www.campain.org, directed at all those who seek justice for the Palestinian people in face of Israel’s apartheid, ethnic cleansing and genocidal policies and efforts by Israel’s friends in the West who seek to silence them. Dear Friend Invaluable resources for the mediapush-back CAMPAIN…
Support Susan Abulhawa in her complaint against the Oxford Union
30 April 2026 The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) has posted on the Oxford Union, the university’s debating club, which has treated the Palestinian-American author Susan Abulhawa outrageously. Abulhawa, speaking at the Union nearly two years ago, invited the audience to consider if the description of genocide would even be questioned if it was Jewish…
The genocide through a child’s eyes: a film free to view
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…
Scottish UCU supports new Campus Voices for Palestine tour
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…
Call to publicise unethical attempt by UK Lawyers for Israel to interfere with teaching at Open University
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…
New website to remember Palestinian scholars murdered by Israel in the Gaza genocide
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…
Cambridge debate on adding Palestine Studies to curriculum
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.