UCL’s Portico and Quad
UCL's Portico and Quad This statement is an update on the UCL Council discussion, which took place on Friday (24 March), on the Academic Board Working Group's 'Definition of Antisemitism' report. In November 2019, UCL adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. Since then, the university has developed an action plan to tackle antisemitism on campus. It has undertaken work to better understand the types of antisemitism that Jewish students and staff are experiencing, and initiated a comprehensive programme of work to tackle antisemitism in our community. This work was greatly assisted by the participation of several key community groups. A dedicated Antisemitism Programme Manager role has been created to support this work. In February 2021, the Academic Board of UCL expressed concerns about the impact of the IHRA definition on academic freedom and commissioned a Working Group to propose an alternative definition for recommendation to Council.
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