Sunday 15 March is the UN International Day to Combat #Islamophobia.

We wrote a very short piece for our University EDI blog. Please read and share.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/edi/2026/03/...

#racism #resistance

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

Harvard Educational Review spent a year preparing a special issue on education in and about Palestine. In June, contributors were notified that the Harvard Education Publishing Group had abruptly canceled the issue's release.

This is censorship and cowardice.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

UMUCU branch motion in detail, 7 points of resolve connected to BDS.

On Wed 29 Jan 2025, the Univ of Manchester’s UCU branch passed a BDS motion, calling on the institution to support BDS & academic and cultural boycott of Israeli institutions. To read the motion in full, follow link or scan QR-code in visual.

#Palestine 🇵🇸

Refugee education operates under the shadow of colonial praxis. Providing education to displaced children should not mean forcing them to abandon their language, culture, and identities. Education should not be a trade-off for assimilation but a means to empower without erasure.

A big thank you to Dr Parise Carmichael-Murphy for an incredible and important presentation at our final Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Education Network seminar of 2024! Well attended by staff and students keen to learn about inclusive curriculum/histories projects and resources 👏🏽👊🏽

Prof Gary Younge holding his book.

Three University of Manchester staff seated in front of a large photo and brief bio about Ellen Wilkinson.

An audience for Gary Younge in a lecture theatre in the Ellen Wilkinson Building.

Kicking off @official-uom.bsky.social Manchester Institute of Education Anti Racist Educ Network seminar series 2025, Gary Younge talks about Dispatches from the Diaspora 👊🏽👊🏽💚
Keep 👀 out for more seminars!
Funded thru' @uomseed.bsky.social EDI. Collab with @ethnicityuk.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social

Elon Musk heaps praise on AfD’s Alice Weidel during live talk on X X owner and far-right politician appear to agree on everything, as Musk faces accusations of meddling in German election Elon Musk has praised the co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, as he repeated his claim that “only the…

Elon Musk heaps praise on AfD’s Alice Weidel during live talk on X

Merry Xmas and a Happy Free Palestine ✌🏾🇵🇸✌🏾

Our branch is also supporting the week of action organised by @umucu.bsky.social focussing on scholasticide in Palestine with events running all the way up to Friday.

This Thursday at 12 - Manchester, join us!

Oxford Brookes' students queue through the night for accommodation Students at Oxford Brookes University queue for 24 hours just to secure a property for next year.

Students queuing overnight in November 2024 to have somewhere to live for the 2025/26 academic year (at exorbitant cost, no doubt). It's no wonder property developers and landlords regard student accommodation as such a great investment. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We had the absolute pleasure of hosting Prof Vini Lander at the University of Manchester. Vini's presentation focused on why we need the Anti-Racism Framework for
Initial Teacher Education & Training. More here: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/blogs/carneg...

#edchat #antiracism #education #teaching

University Week of Action for #Palestine. United against #scholasticide. See below for some of what's happening in Manchester 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾Including open meeting, discussion, creative spaces, teach-ins, film screening.

(Look out for what's happening in other cities and campuses via
@ucu.org.uk)

Looking forward to speaking at this #highered governance event next week for @umucu.bsky.social members. #academicsky #academicchatter