IHRA Campaign

After a Freedom of Information request campaign and investigation by UJS, on the 30th September UJS announced that only 28 out of 133 Higher education institutions had adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism. The adoption of this definition is the first step to ensuring that Jewish students are protected, it is outrageous that after multiple government interventions only 1 in 5 have so far adopted it. UJS saw communal and national coverage of this, including Jewish News, Jewish Chronicle and the Telegraph.

We know Jewish students play the biggest role and therefore we need Jewish students across the country to be putting pressure on their university management. We thank the students that have worked so hard to get this definition adopted on their campuses and we are continuously working with students on the ground to combat antisemitism.

UJS has been working with Members of Parliaments who have repeatedly raised this issue with Government Ministers resulting in a Westminster Hall debate on the 6th of October.

On the 9th of October, Gavin Williamson, Secretary of State for Education, wrote to all educational institutions registered to the OFS to demand that they adopt the IHRA definition by Christmas 2020.

The Community Security Trust released a report in December titled Campus Antisemitism in Britain 2018-2020. In the previous two academic years CST saw 123 antisemetic incidents. They have made a number of recommendations to universities, one being the adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism. This reaffirms the hard work both UJS, J-Socs and Jewish students do on campus.

On the 21^st December 2020, the University of Oxford adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism in full, joining the growing list of UK universities, along with the University of Cambridge. This should be an example to all other higher education institutes of the importance of adopting this definition.

Since the release of our research, an additional 23 institutions have adopted this critical definition.

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Below are all the institutions that have adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism:

Bath Spa University
Birbeck, University of London
Bucks New University
Central School of Speech and Drama
Coventry University
Durham University
Edge Hill University
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Imperial College London
Institute of Education: University of London
Kings College London (KCL)
Lancaster University
London Metropolitan University
London School of Hygiene
Manchester Metropolitan University
Newcastle University
Nottingham Trent University
Plymouth University
Queen Mary University of London
Royal Academy of Music
Royal College of Music
Royal Veterinary College
University College London (UCL)
University of Birmingham
University of Bolton
University of Bristol

University of Cambridge
University of Chester
University of East Anglia
University of Edinburgh
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Gloucestershire
University of Hertfordshire
University of Leeds
University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Salford
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of the Arts London
University of Warwick
University of Worcester
University of York
York St John University

Adopted after September 30th 2020

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