05 October 2024 | The Skwawkbox

The University of Sheffield has cancelled a planned – and previously approved – ‘teach-in’ by the university’s lecturers and researchers on the subject of the Gaza genocide, sponsored by the UCU union, on the grounds that it was ‘linked to a controversial event/topic’ and therefore posed a security risk. One element of the teach-in was to cover the university’s complicity through its investments and partnerships.

One of the lecturers posted a thread on Twitter/X about the university’s assault on academic speech and its links with companies linked to Israel’s slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians – and she included a link to a fundraiser for Palestinian young people to study in the UK…

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