Earlier this year, Essex University was under fire over its decision to allow students to vote on whether a Jewish society could be established on campus.
Within 48 hours, the university had apologised, cancelled the vote and established a Jewish society. It also set up a review into the “Experiences of Jewish Students and Staff”.
An academic who had supported the campaign against the formation of the JSoc and who was found to have shared antisemitic material on social media was suspended and then expelled.
Essex’s response was a model of its kind. Compare this with Bristol University. In March, sociology professor David Miller gave a lecture claiming that Zionists and Zionist organisations were funding hatred of Muslims and that they were acting under the umbrella of the Israeli government. Among those traduced by Prof Miller was the Community Security Trust.
