Protesters against the Israel-Gaza war took to the stage to disrupt the University of Sheffield’s education awards today (May 8). The group demanded that the university directs research projects away from arms-related work, and “cuts ties with the arms trade” as well as universities in Israel. Parts of their speech after they had taken to the stage were met with cheers. A number of university staff members at the event joined the protesters on the stage, while vice-chancellor Professor Koen...
Esther Sun For months, thousands have flooded the country’s streets in protest. But students say that the surge of encampments in America helped increase actions at Jordanian universities.
UC Berkeley says negotiations with demonstrators have led to an agreement to expedite what it calls a new "socially responsible investment strategy."
More than 200 expected to join protest calling for climate action and to cut ties with Israeli institutionsIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesMore than 100 students have occupied Ghent University in the first European protest to fuse demands about Gaza and the climate crisis.Ghent’s centrepiece UFO building was peacefully taken over by students calling for concrete action to meet the university’s 2030 climate plans, and asking the university to cut ties with institutions connected to the Israeli...
The protesting students are demanding a ceasefire in Israel's incursion into Gaza and have demanded their schools divest from companies with ties to Israel
The university departed from tradition by staging ceremonies away from Senate House
University said it has moved ceremonies to undisclosed 'alternative location'. Protesters have pitched tents on a lawn outside 18th century Senate House. They said ceremonies would be disrupted as a 'last resort' if demands not met
Dozens of protesters locked arms and lay on the ground outside the venue draped in Palestine flags - and struggled with Swedish riot police who tried to remove them.
"The bitterness and vitriol we now see from those defending the Palestinians they have boomeranged," writes Chuck Ludlam '67, who previously led campus protests against the Vietnam War.
Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side streets and Broadway. Outside the gates of the Columbia University campus, a penned-in group of pro-Israel demonstrators has faced off More
Pro-Palestine protesters are ignoring demands to remove university encampments, with 150 classes cancelled at one campus and claims another institution threatened students with expulsion. Camps have been set up at five universities in Victoria, one in every other state and the ACT. The University of Melbourne has insisted protesters leave its Parkville campus after more […]
Pro-Palestine protesters are refusing to leave a University of Melbourne building after spending the night locked in and prompting classes to be cancelled for a second day. The group took over the Arts West building on Wednesday, dubbing it ‘Mahmoud Hall’ in honour of Mahmoud Alnaouq, a young Palestinian man killed in the Israel-Gaza war […]