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January 2025 - Education

Report finds unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents on university campuses: The latest wave of the Community Security Trust’s (CST) biennial Campus Antisemitism in Britain report has revealed a staggering 117% increase in university-related antisemitic incidents compared to the previous survey period.

CST’s report found there were 325 incidents of antisemitism recorded across the academic year 2022-2024 compared to 150 from 2020-2022. The vast proportion of incidents in the current report occurred during the 23/24 academic year, a period which saw much unrest in the Middle East. Of the 272 incidents reported during 23/24, the highest number seen in an academic year by CST, 85 took place in October 2023 alone - a month where Hamas made a deadly attack on Israel in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

CST are a UK charity that advises and represents the Jewish community on matters of antisemitism, terrorism, policing and security. It has been a charity since 1994 and is recognised by the government and police as a best practice model of a minority-community security organisation. They define an antisemitic incident as any malicious act aimed at Jewish people, organisations or property, where there is evidence that the act has antisemitic motivation, or that the victim was targeted because they are Jewish.

Over the last two academic years, 81% of university-related antisemitic incidents fell into the category of ‘Abusive Behaviour’, which includes all forms of verbal and written antisemitism (online and offline). Additionally, latest the research by CST showed a rise in university-related threats being made towards Jewish students in the 2023/24 academic year; 23 threats were logged in 23/24 compared to 3 during the previous period.

There was also an increase in instances of damage and desecration of Jewish property over the past academic year, with 17 incidents taking place in 23/24 compared to 4 in 22/23. In one case, a student house in Leeds was vandalised with graffiti stating “IDF off campus”. There were 10 cases of physical assault over the past two academic years.

The Campus Antisemitism in Britain report looks to act as a call to action for universities across the country. It outlines the practical recommendations that universities should follow to help them build better frameworks for addressing antisemitism.

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