Motion
- Motion title
- Palestine and the war in Gaza – freedom to discuss
- Session
- 2024-2025
- Meeting link
- FE Conference
- Meeting date
- 25 May 2025
- Status
- Carried
- Motion
- FE35
- Motion text
FESC notes:
1. Israel's war in Gaza and attacks in the West Bank, the humanitarian abuses
of Israeli & Palestinian citizens and genocide
2. UCU members at colleges and ACE have participated in the Stop The War
Days of Action
3. FE college management have used DofE guidance to argue that colleges
must be apolitical
FESC believes:
a. To prevent abuses they must be discussed and publicised
b. Our students need to be critical thinkers and some want to engage in
discussions about Palestine – these debates should not be shut down
FESC resolves:
i. UCU to support branches in an ability to twin with colleges / schools in
Palestine
ii. To provide guidance on challenging college management who try to silence
discussion about Palestine
- Proposing body
- Merton College
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Further education committee (FEC)
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2025/F/05-25/112/FE35