Since 2019, UJS have delivered over 300 sessions of antisemitism awareness training to thousands of Students' Union staff, student leaders, and University staff, in order to equip them with the knowledge and skills to call out antisemitism on campus and support their Jewish students. UJS is continuing to expanded its delivery of the training, increasing it every year.
The training is delivered by experienced antisemitism awareness trainers within the UJS Sabbatical Team. It is delivered free of charge and can take place either online or in-person.
Our training involves a 90-120 minute session covering: historical and modern antisemitism, antisemitism and Israel, Jewish practices and actionable steps to support Jewish students on campus.
We also offer the following additional add-ons for a 20 minute in-depth look at a particular topic.
These add-ons can discuss any of:
- Campus Extremism
- The Holocaust
- Jewish History
- Jewish Life in the UK
- Jewish Practices
- Left-Wing Antisemitism
- October 7th and Its Aftermath
We also offer scenario based discussions, personalised to the staff being trained.
Here are some comments made by past attendees of our training:
‘The history that was provided with the session was extremely useful as it allowed me to understand where this issue stems from. It was also very powerful to have a Jewish lady conduct the training as personal/relevant examples were provided which helped me understand this issue better.’
‘It was a really humbling training session, took me down a peg or two. I'm grateful to have experienced this session, and it felt like a very safe space to ask questions.'
'Amanda was incredibly engaging and informative; creating a safe and supportive environment to explore and discuss the topics. Honestly one of the best training sessions I’ve had as a sabb!'
‘I loved the session, unfortunately it highlighted to me how little I knew prior to the session but I'm really grateful that I could attend.’
‘It was really good, I learned so much about Judaism (historical and contemporary) and the experience of Jewish students (particularly like how you involved our Jewish Society!). I also found the point-by-point explanation of the definition of anti-Semitism really helpful in clearing some misconceptions I had.’
If you are interested in having UJS deliver this training at your University please click here. Please note that we deliver this training both in person and virtually, free of charge, and we recommend a maximum of 25-30 people per session.
For additional learning on understanding antisemitism, please see our resources page.