KCL UCU

‼️Members should be aware that there will potentially be a counter-demonstration. The branch is liaising with campus security to ensure that there is adequate protection for staff and students. If any members are willing to assist as stewards on the day, please contact us at ucu@kcl.ac.uk ASAP.

📢📢📢Then, cross the river and join us for a rally in solidarity with Palestine at 2pm in front of Strand building 📢📢📢

What can you do as a KCL UCU branch member?

🏘️🏘️🏘️Firstly, join us for a hybrid town hall meeting on Waterloo campus in FWB.1.62 (and online) 💻💻💻

We are calling on management to
⭐️reinstate Usama
⭐️protect staff and students from far right violence
⭐️divest from war crimes and violations of international law
⭐️commit to help support the rebuilding of Gaza’s higher education sector

A student at a UK university lost his visa after pro-Palestinian activism. Some academics urge a reversal | CNN Egyptian student Usama Ghanem took part in pro-Palestinian campus protests, prompting disciplinary action which could see him deported from Britain within days.

KCL students who have organised in solidarity with Palestine, including Usama Ghanem, remain suspended and are facing repression both in the U.K. and abroad. Read more ⬇️ edition.cnn.com/2026/01/23/e...

KCL’s institutional complicity in genocide and violation of human rights is worsening. For eg between 2024-2025 there was a 17% increase in the value of KCL’s endowment invested in companies doing business in illegal Israeli settlements on the West Bank. Read ⬇️ kcl.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/06/k...

📋🇵🇸AGENDA for the National Workplace Day of Action for Palestine: Thursday 12 February 2026 📋🇵🇸

@qmucu.bsky.social @citystgeorgesucu.bsky.social @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social @kclucu.bsky.social

helpful thread here. And sign up for the meeting on 12 January at 3:30: ucl.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

@sheffielducu.bsky.social isn't going through this on their own!

📢📢Please re-share and amplify 📢📢 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and against Israel’s scholasticide @qmucu.bsky.social @birminghamucu.bsky.social @ucuimperial.bsky.social @ucukent.bsky.social @lboroucu.bsky.social

✊ That's the close of the ballots!

❤️ Well done to everyone involved in the GTVO efforts, speaking to members, and getting your ballots in! It's been a big collective effort!

💬 We should get the results for both the national and the local on Monday - so more soon!

So glad we're hosting this again. I'll also be speaking about the Get the Vote Out campaign for our branch's local dispute on academic freedom around Palestine, protection of staff, divestment from genocide and essential governance reform at KCL. Join us!

Solidarity to our striking comrades @ucuimperial.bsky.social !!

Johnathan Rosenhead, Vice-Chair of British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and an emeritus professor at LSE. The event will be chaired by the President of @ucu.org.uk @chondrogianni.bsky.social

Bayan Haddad, lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature at Birzeit University and a former George Antonius Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Middle East Centre; Ahmed Nehad of Friends of Palestinian Universities (formerly Fobzu) …

At the event we’ll hear from: Dean, Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Al-Azhar University – Gaza and a Visiting Professor at York University, Canada, Dr Ahmed Abu Shaban, Egyptian-American international human rights lawyer, social scientist, and organizer @shahinazgeneid.bsky.social,

This event coincides with the end of our local ballot at KCL and our mobilisation of members for potential industrial action against our institution’s complicity in genocide. See more ➡️ kcl.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/10/21/k...

KCL hosts Campus Voices for Palestine 2025 · Luma KCL UCU is delighted to host the Campus Voices for Palestine tour again this year. As the final date of the UK tour, the event will coincide with the end of…

The final leg of the Campus Voices for Palestine tour concludes at KCL this Friday 28 November with a special event on 🌟Confronting Scholasticide🌟 you can sign up via this link ➡️ luma.com/go15utyg?loc...

‼️📮This is your reminder that tomorrow (Wed 26 Nov) is the last day to safely return your postal ballot in the national dispute. 🧵Here’s why this dispute matters for us at Goldsmiths:

🚨🚨 Calling on all KCL UCU members: TODAY is the last ⭐️safe day⭐️ to post your ballots for both national and local disputes! VOTE today, VOTE yes and put them in the POST!! 📦 📦 ➡️ ALSO if your ballot papers arrive later than today please contact us as we can deliver in person on Friday afternoon 💫💫

🗣️ A rally is taking place TOMORROW Wednesday 26 Nov at 3pm outside KCL’s Strand building in solidarity with KCL student Usama Ghanem who fled persecution on Egypt and is now facing deportation after having his visa revoked by the College for his Palestine solidarity. Please join!

Keep it up folks! Vote now and vote yes for industrial action in the national @ucu and local KCL UCU ballots! If you have not received your ballot there is still time to order a replacement TODAY! The last ‘safe’ day to post your ballot papers is 26 November! #wearetheuniversity #wearekcl

KCL hosts Campus Voices for Palestine 2025 · Luma KCL UCU is delighted to host the Campus Voices for Palestine tour again this year. As the final date of the UK tour, the event will coincide with the end of…

As part of Campus Voices for Palestine KCL UCU is delighted to invite you to ‘Confronting Scholasticide’ on Friday 28 November 5-6.30pm at KCL’s Waterloo campus. Speakers include @shahinazgeneid.bsky.social Dr Ahmed Abu Shaban and Bayan Haddad luma.com/go15utyg?loc...

How are the national UCU and local KCL UCU ballots connected? Insights from our KCL UCU health and safety Officer @saiogradin.bsky.social #wearekcl #wearetheuniversity

Affirming shared values will help academic freedom weather the storm The Magna Charta Universitatum matters more than ever as university freedoms become sharply contested, say Shitij Kapur and Liviu Matei

‘Shared values?’ This is meaningless when your university invests in genocide. VOTE in our local ballot for Palestine and against this wilful silence against oppression www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/affi... ➡️ kcl.web.ucu.org.uk

#wearekcl #wearetheuniversity

🗣️🗣️How is the UCU National ballot connected to and distinct from KCL UCU’s local ballot? An explainer from @jamiewoodcock.com KCL UCU’s branch chair ⬇️

This followed a vigil opposite Downing Street on 27 August where members of @nujofficial.bsky.social delivered a letter demanding government action to address the mass killing of journalists in Gaza www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2509vigil...

The panels were organised by Penelope Quinton - chair of NUJ’s London Freelance branch and KCL UCU member @rosesrebellion.bsky.social @nujofficial.bsky.social

London event marks Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists An event in the British capital hosts journalists, academics, and rights advocates to mark the United Nations Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

The event marked the UN day to end impunity for crimes against journalists. We heard from Ali Rocha of Brazil Matters, Professor Neve Gordon, broadcaster Sangita Myska, solicitor Tayeb Ali, John McDonnell MP and Dr Moosa Qureshi of Health Workers 4 Palestine. Press ⬇️

www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/...