Donate

UJS

Jewish students

Bacon taped to doors, Hitler salutes and assaults: Jewish students reveal scale of hostility on UK campuses

Exclusive JC research shows a shocking volume of assaults, abuse and threats

By Jane Prinsley

11 min read

Nearly half of Jewish students have experienced antisemitism at university, according to JC research into the Jewish experience on campus (Picture: JC/Getty)

Louis Danker, president-elect of the Union of Jewish Students (Credit: UJS)

Edinburgh Uni student elected as next president of the Union of Jewish Students

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets Jewish community leaders at 10 Downing Street, November 29, 2024 (Credit: Board of Deputies of British Jews)

Prime Minister asked to ‘celebrate as well as defend’ Jews in meeting with communal leaders

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

2KD8NTT Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel parade under an Iranian Kheibar Shekan Ballistic missile in downtown Tehran during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day, also known as the Jerusalem day, on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)

Minister labels IRGC ‘a threat to the safety and security of the UK’

By Lorin Bell-Cross

1 min read

University College, London

Joe Mintz

The government was right to ditch the free speech act – but for all the wrong reasons

3 min read

The Oxford Union has historically played host to controversial speakers (Photo: Getty Images)

Jewish student leaders hail move to scrap ‘car crash’ free speech bill

2 min read

Edward Isaacs (far right) and other UJS members protest against antisemitism (Photo: Edward Isaacs)

‘Students were celebrating Hamas’: My harrowing year as UJS president

3 min read

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

More from UJS

Jewish student numbers will ‘plummet’ if universities fail to tackle antisemitism says UJS

The Union of Jewish Students declared this week that ‘enough is enough’ following months of prejudice on campus

3 min read

||

May 31, 2024 08:39

Some campus protestors for Palestine have been accused of being antisemitic by Jewish students (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

‘It’s like one big family’ – Warwick students win Jewish Society of the Year award

Warwick University’s vice-chancellor said the win was ‘a shining example of resilience at a time of national and international upheaval’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

||

April 10, 2024 14:33

University of Warwick JSoc wins 'JSoc of the Year' award at the UJS Annual Student Awards 2024 (Credit: UJS)

How we educate universities on antisemitism — and why we need to

By Guy Dabby-Joory

3 min read

||

February 15, 2024 07:54

Union of Jewish Students running an antisemitism awareness training session for university and student leaders (Photo: UJS)

Jewish students in Cardiff 'had to be escorted from Israel debate for their safety'

Cardiff University has said it is deeply concerned after an intimidating debate on Israel-Gaza

By Simon Rocker

2 min read

||

December 7, 2023 17:37

Jewish students in Cardiff 'had to be escorted from Israel debate for their safety'