Academics and students are prominent among the Russians who are defying the Putin regime and opposing the invasion of Ukraine. They need to be supported, not cut off by the rest of the world.
Academics join public protests around the world against Donald Trump’s immigration ban.
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Academics worldwide are calling for the US president to reconsider the executive order on immigration, which many say is damaging to research collaboration.
Deciding whether or not to support academic BDS action should not be reduced to being ‘for or against’ injustice.
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All too often, the debate around the BDS movement is lost in a cacophony of anti-Semitism accusations and the focus shifts to Western institutions instead of Palestinian rights.
Continued boycotts of Israeli academics pose a threat to the very freedoms that academics hold dear.
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On Wednesday last week, the Student Representative Council at the University of Sydney adopted a motion to boycott Israeli academics. The motion called specifically for the University to cut its current…
Boycotting the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is not Anti-Semitic; it’s a recognition of violations of international law.
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The last weeks of 2012 saw a great amount of criticism levelled at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at Sydney University and its director Jake Lynch following their boycott of an exchange program…