Found 24 results for "boycott"
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Student Rights
on August 5, 2014 at 6:13 am
NUS BDS motion puts politics ahead of welfare
Student Rights welcomes rigorous debate on Israel/Palestine yet the NUS BDS motion puts politics ahead of student welfare - and risks damaging campus cohesion to do so...
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Student Rights
on May 15, 2014 at 5:20 am
NUS vote highlights failure to challenge extremism
Tuesday’s vote by the NUS NEC to support the “Real Student Rights” campaign highlights the extent to which it is failing to challenge extremism and hate-speakers on the UK’s campuses...
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Student Rights
on March 28, 2014 at 5:17 am
Muslim Prayer Room attacked at KCL
The sign for a Muslim prayer room has been defaced at King’s College London (KCL) in the wake of a controversial vote on the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions movement...
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Student Rights
on December 12, 2012 at 7:14 pm
UCL referendum demonstrates a lack of critical thinking (Update: Motion passed)
Critical thinking is one of the most important skills students will learn at university. By attempting to overturn a motion which encourages debate the students who have proposed this motion are doing themselves a grave disservice...
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Student Rights
on March 20, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Partisan panel includes suicide bombing supporter at Kingston University
The recent controversies over speakers being invited onto campuses by university Palestine Solidarity Societies looks set to continue this week as an event at Kingston University gives a platform to both Dr Azzam Tamimi and Baroness Tonge...
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Student Rights
on March 15, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Ken O'Keefe cancelled at University of Kent
Following email correspondence with the Palestine Solidarity Group (PSG) and Student Union at the University of Kent, Student Rights have been informed by the PSG that they have cancelled an appearance by Ken O'Keefe...
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Student Rights
on February 5, 2012 at 3:35 pm
Harun Yahya at the University of Central Lancashire: Report
Following a week of creationist events at universities across the UK, Student Rights has viewed a video of one such lecture...
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Student Rights
on January 31, 2012 at 11:10 am
Creationists to Address Students at SOAS
With secularism under attack at the London School of Economics and University College London, a group of hard-line creationists will be speaking at three UK universities this week.
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Student Rights
on November 29, 2011 at 1:35 pm
Students 'boycott evolution'
It has recently been reported that an increasing number of Muslim students studying at University College London (UCL) have been boycotting lectures on evolution as they clash with their beliefs.
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Student Rights
on March 24, 2011 at 11:05 am
SOAS: A story of violence, anti-Semitism, and one-sided repression
The Israel-Palestine conflict for many years now has caused a great schism between the Jewish and Arab communities the world over.