Universities must take ‘action’ to ensure students are not harassed in protests
by Eleanor Busby
May 07, 2024
3 minutes
University leaders must take “robust action” to ensure Jewish students are not harassed, Downing Street has urged as students have set up encampments on campuses to protest against the war in Gaza.
The Prime Minister has summoned vice-chancellors to a meeting this week to discuss antisemitism on campuses and ensuring Jewish students are safe.
Students at Cambridge and Oxford universities are among the latest protesters to launch camps against the war in Gaza on university campuses.
Rishi Sunak opened Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting by saying there had been an “unacceptable rise in antisemitism on our university
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