Officer statement on NUS leadership and Jewish student inclusion
Monday 28-03-2022 - 15:47
When Durham SU's student leadership faced attacks in the past year, we were grateful for the support of other students' unions. We felt stronger because our friends weren't silent.
Jewish students have legitimate questions about decisions made by NUS in planning their National Conference, and the poor response that came when those decisions were challenged. There has been, unambiguously, a failure to recognise the risk and the reality of antisemitism.
We can only bring about the changes we want to education and society if we do it collectively, through NUS. We’re stronger together. But when some students are excluded from NUS, we are all made weaker.
When we're at NUS Conference this week, we’ll insist that the NUS leadership recognise the problems they've created. We trust in their ability to reflect, and to make changes in partnership with Jewish students and their representatives. We’ll hold them accountable for making our national student movement welcoming for Jewish students.
