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BRICUP calls on UCU branches to adopt this model motion on Academic BDS
4 November 2024 Model Motion on Academic BDS This branch notes: · the ongoing carnage in the Gaza Strip, the extension of the conflict to indiscriminate bombing and assassinations in Lebanon, and the threat of a regional war in the Middle East; · the systematic destruction of all of Gaza’s universities, and the targeted killing…
Speaking tour: Campus Voices for Palestine – Solidarity against Scholasticide
“We built these universities from tents. And from tents, with the support of our friends, we will rebuild them once again.”Unified Call from Palestinian academics and administrators of Gaza Universities, 29 April 2024 Join us to hear first-hand from Palestinian academics and campaigners about how Palestinian Higher Education institutions are resisting erasure through the collective work…
Supporting Stella Maris, student rector of St Andrews University
Home > All News Items and Articles 1 August 2024 Ignoring legal advice, St. Andrews management evidently yielded to Zionist pressure and excluded Stella Maris, elected rector by the students, from the University’s governing body and her position as a trustee, according to the Guardian report below. As so often in situations like this, the management justified their…
Defending Professor James Dickins at the University of Leeds
BRICUP Statement: James Dickins keeps his Emeritus Professor title In a victory over official attempts to supress advocacy for Palestine on UK campuses, the University of Leeds has stepped back from its attempt to strip James Dickins of his Emeritus Professor title at the University. This unprecedented move, never before attempted at a UK university,…
Have you signed the Academic Commitment yet?
BRICUP urges all academics to support the Academic Commitment in response to the call by Palestinian civil society organisations to refrain from any involvement with Israeli academic institutions, all of which are complicit in Israel’s occupation, colonisation and system of apartheid. Two common misconceptions need to be exposed. Firstly, the boycott is of institutions not…
UCU motions on Palestine, 2024
UCU Congress 2024: Palestine motions and amendments Six motions, nos.32-37, listed below, were adopted (no.34 in amended form) 32 Composite: Solidarity with Palestine Disabled members standingcommittee, UCU Cymru, London retired membersCongress notes education, lack of resources, and dependence on guardians 33 Composite: In defence of Palestinian rights, free speech andacademic freedom University of Warwick, UCU…
BRICUP Seminars 2024-25
The BRICUP Seminar programme is being prepared and will be posted soon.
Medical campaign
Dear World Medical Association Council Chair, Dr Edward Hill and the Council We the undersigned 725 physicians represent both academic medicine (114 professors) andclinical practice in 43 countries. A matter of grave concern to us, and a threat to the publicreputation of the World Medical Association, has brought us together in this perhapsunprecedented medical initiative….
Cultural campaign
BRICUP supports the PACBI call for Cultural Boycott of Israel. Artists for Palestine UK lead the campaign in Britain. Their website can be found here. Cultural Boycott Overview Israel overtly uses culture as a form of propaganda to whitewash or justify its regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid over the Palestinian people. Just as South African…
“Why Boycott Israeli Universities?” The BRICUP booklet is available to download here
To learn more about the case for academic boycott, our booklet, Why Boycott Israeli Universities?, is available for download here.
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