Join university workers and students across the world in responding to the call from Palestine for a week of action in solidarity with Gaza’s Universities from 23 to 30 November.

You can offer messages of support to our colleagues in Palestine by emailing gucworkers4pal@gmail.com or tagging @UCW4Pal and @Right2Edu on X.

National workplace and student day of action

As part of the nation workplace day of action on Thursday 28 November the HWUCU Palestine Solidarity Working Group will be running a stall in the Student Union building from 11:30 to 2:30. Please do come along and help out if you can – more volunteers are always welcome. We will be sharing information, fundraising for Scotaid, and encouraging students to join the newly founded Voice for Palestine society. If you are interested in joining the society please contact Marion Winters.

Settler colonialism and Palestine – where we are and how we got here

At 4.00pm on Wednesday 27 November there will be a an online talk by Dr Ghada Karmi from University of Reading. If you wish to attend and haven’t received a Zoom link please contact Marion Winters at HWUCU branch.

Ghada Karmi was born in Jerusalem and was forced to leave her home with her family as a result of Israel’s creation in 1948. The family moved to England in 1949, where she grew up and was educated. She practised as a doctor for many years working as a specialist in the health of migrants and refugees. She held a number of research appointments on Middle Eastern politics and culture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and in the Universities of Durham, Exeter and Leeds. From 1999 to 2001 she was an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, where she led a major project on Israel-Palestinian reconciliation. In 2009, she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.