Since 2019, UJS have delivered over 400 sessions of antisemitism awareness training to thousands of Students' Union staff, student leaders, and University staff, in order to equip them with the knowledge and skills to call out antisemitism on campus and support their Jewish students. UJS is continuing to expanded its delivery of the training, increasing it every year, particularly in the wake of October 7th and the increase in antisemitism that followed.
The training is delivered by experienced antisemitism awareness trainers within the UJS Sabbatical Team. It is delivered free of charge and can take place either online or in-person.
Our training involves a two-hour session covering:
- The British Jewish community
- Historical antisemitism
- Contemporary antisemitism
- Antisemitism and Israel
- Examples and statistics behind antisemitism on campus
- Your Jewish society
- What next? Practical and concrete steps you can do to help
Upon request, we can also lead scenario based discussions, personalised to the staff being trained.
Here's some feedback made by previous attendees:
'The training was engaging, interesting and educational. Some of the best training I have received for a long time!'
'I really appreciated the openness with which Josh delivered the session. It made people feel that they could ask anything and I think we all got a lot from each other as well as from Josh as a result of that.'
'Samantha was very clear, confident and knowledgeable. It was very powerful to have a Jewish lady conduct the training as personal/relevant examples were provided which helped me understand this issue better.’
‘It was an excellent session. It really opened my eyes to the subtle ways antisemitism is still worming its way through society. I talked about it to a good number of friends and colleagues afterwards, and I would really recommend this to anyone and everyone. '
‘It was really good, I learned so much about Judaism (historical and contemporary) and the experience of Jewish students (particularly like how you involved our Jewish Society!). I also found the point-by-point explanation of the definition of anti-Semitism really helpful in clearing some misconceptions I had.’
If you are interested in having UJS deliver this training at your University please click here. Please note that we deliver this training both in person and virtually, free of charge, and we recommend a maximum of 25-30 people per session.
For additional learning on understanding antisemitism, please see our resources page.