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15 December 2024 In November 2023 Stella Maris took office as the Rector of the University of St Andrews, elected by its students. Maris emailed students about the events following from 7 October including Hamas’ terrorist actions and Israel’s genocidal response, and called for a ceasefire. As invariably happens in these situations, one or more…

13 December 2024 Ilan Pappe is an Israeli-born historian, the director of Exeter University’s European Centre for Palestine Studies and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies. He is the author of more than a dozen books and an internationally recognised authority on Israeli history and the Israel/Palestine conflict. The BBC invited him to…

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….

“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…

19 November 2024 More than 500 mathematicians, primarily from France but increasingly from around the world, have signed a statement condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They are calling on the scientific community to suspend all collaborations with Israeli institutions that do not explicitly denounce the genocide in Gaza and the illegal colonization of Palestine. The signatories…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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