The fight against the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign on UK university campuses is about to get a boost, with a prominent Israel education organisation announcing the UK launch of its fellowship programme.
StandWithUs’s year-long UK Emerson fellowship, modelled on their American fellowship, aims to select student leaders and “empower each of them to teach their peers about Israel and combat anti- Israel rhetoric”.
The American fellowship, which has been operating since 2007, has grown to around 100 students a year.
For the first UK programme, 22 students from 20 universities, including Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Newcastle and UCL, will be taking part, including members of both the Conservative and Labour parties.
