Protest is not terrorism

Dozens of members of the national executive committees of the UK’s education unions NEU, UCU and EIS representing over 600,000 educators in schools, further education and universities are among 800 educators and trade unionists who have signed an open letter calling on the government to protect the lives of hunger-striking prisoners who have been jailed for over a year while awaiting trial for alleged involvement in direct action over the UK’s role in genocide in Palestine. The open letter also highlights a growing pattern of repression targeting student activists for their Palestine solidarity activism, and condemns the announcement from the police that they will target people using the word ‘intifada’ on demonstrations for arrest.

The letter is an initiative from University and College Workers for Palestine and the Protest is not Terrorism letter collective.

To: Ministry of Justice, UK; Keir Starmer; Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police

As trade unionists and educators we are alarmed by the escalation in repression directed at activists in the Palestine solidarity movement and the censorship and attacks on freedom of expression accompanying this clampdown. Student activists who have been at the forefront of movements exposing the complicity of the British government and universities in the ongoing genocide in Palestine are paying a heavy personal price for their bravery.

Qesser Zuhrah, a student at University College London, entered day 46 of a hunger strike on 17 December while being held without trial for alleged offences related to direct action which destroyed weapons destined for Israel.

We call for Qesser’s immediate release, along with the other defendants in the Filton24 case many of whom have been systematically brutalised while in prison despite not being convicted of any crime. We are deeply concerned for Qesser’s health and for the others who have taken part in long hunger strikes to highlight the denial of their basic rights: Amu Gibb, Jon Cink, Heba Muraisi, Tueta Hoxha, Kamran Ahmed, Lewie Chiaramello.

The hunger strikers are demanding bail and the right to a fair trial. They are also calling for an end to censorship so that they can send and receive mail, to be able to access books freely and to have their security clearance changed. They have been victimised by the prison authorities since the proscription of Palestine Action.

Other student activists who have faced severe repression include Haya Adam, who was expelled by SOAS for breaching its draconian anti-protest policy, after being targeted with a High Court Injunction for her pro-Palestine activism. We are alarmed by reports that Haya was one of several people arrested on 17 December during a protest in solidarity with the hunger strikers outside the Ministry of Justice, and call for the release of all those detained.

We are appalled by the decision of Kings College London management to suspend student Usama Ghanem for his Palestine solidarity activism, leading to the potential revocation of his visa and exposing him to risks of imprisonment and torture if he is forced to return to Egypt.

We oppose the move by the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police to make arrests on the grounds that “placards and chants such as ‘globalise the intifada’” are antisemitic by default and reject the claim that the abhorrent racist attacks on Jewish people in Sydney and Manchester are the result of people expressing their solidarity with Palestinians by reference to a tradition of mass uprisings. The term “intifada” is not specifically Palestinian but is widely used in Arabic to describe mass popular protests. To ban its use during demonstrations is yet another example of police censorship.

We call on our trade unions, the wider Palestine solidarity movement and civil society to work together to protect the lives of the hunger strikers, defend the right to protest and end Britain’s shameful role in enabling Israel’s crimes of apartheid, occupation and genocide.

We pledge to continue organising in solidarity with Palestine and to hold those responsible for this repression to account.

To add your name go here: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/open-letter-from-educators-solidarity-with-the-hunger-strikes-stop-police-censorship-and-state-repression

For more information on the hunger strikes, go to the Prisoners for Palestine website

Over 800 signatories (23/12/2025) including:

Andrew Fullwood, EIS, National Executive Member

Duncan Blackie, NEU, NEC
Sheila Caffrey, NEU, National Executive Member
Mairead Canavan, NEU, National membership and Equalities Officer
Lucy Cox, NEU, National Exec member
Eleanor Davies, NEU, National Executive member
Chris Denson, NEU, National Executive Member
Jess Edwards, NEU, Executive
Debs Gwynn, NEU, National Executive
Ed Harlow, NEU, National President
Nicola Hawkins, NEU, NEC member
Sophie Houghton, NEU, National Executive member (District 1), Asst. District Secretary (Durham NEU)
Debbie Kahler, NEU, National Executive Member
Jodie Mallier-Ridley, NEU, National executive member
Elizabeth McLean, NEU, Executive member for Wales
Mat Milovanovic, NEU, National Executive Member
Jon Reddiford, NEU, National Executive member
Louise Regan, NEU, National Executive Member
Kate Taylor, National Education Union, National Executive Member
Ian Walters, NEU, National Executive member
Michaela Wilde, NEU, National Executive Member
Holly Williams, NEU, National Executive member

Harriet Bradley, UCU, Former Branch President and NEC member
Peta Bulmer, UCU University of Liverpool, UCU NEC
Grant Buttars, UCU, NEC
Peter Evans, UCU, NEC
John Fones, UCU, NEC FE SOUTH, University Centre Somerset College Group, Computer Science
Naina Kent, UCU, NEC
Rhiannon Lockley, UCU, Branch Chair and NEC
Dr Marian Mayer, UCU, National Executive Committee member
Richard Mcewan, UCU, NEC, Ncc poplar, Teacher maths
Cecile Menard, UCU, UCU Scotland vice president, UCU Edinburgh branch secretary
Duncan Moore, UCU, NEC, South Devon College, Maths Lecturer
Aisling O’Beirn, UCU, NEC Northern Ireland
Ellen Owens, UCU, NEC, University of Reading
Christina Jessika Marie Paine, UCU, Chair London Metropolitan university and NEC
Matt Perry, UCU, NEC
Regine Pilling, UCU, Branch Sec WKC / NEC
Marco Tesei, UCU, NEC, West London College, ESOL
Loes Veldpaus, UCU, NEC
Sean Wallis, UCU, NEC member, national negotiator, branch secretary and regional secretary
Cecilia Wee, UCU, co-chair Royal College of Art UCU branch
Saira Weiner, UCU, LJMU UCU branch chair, NEC
Richard Wild, UCU, NEC

Jordan Rivera, UNISON, NEC

And the following signatories who opted to make their names public:

Amira Abdelhamid, UVW, Member
Faiza Abdulkadir, Community
Andrea Abeyesinghe, Norfolk NEU, Green and Environmental Officer
Reem Abou-El-Fadl, UCU
Elisa Adami, UCU
Maya Adereth, UCU
Laurie Adkin
Mahvish Ahmad, UCU LSE, Member
Fauzia Ahmad, UCU
Nabeela Ahmed, UCU
Zenab Ahmed, UCU SOAS, Member
Nicola Ajibade, NEU, ISO
Elina Akalestou, UCU
Umberto Albarella, UCU, member
Gabriella Alberti, UCU University of Leeds, Case worker
David Alderson, UCU
Anne Alexander, UCU University of Cambridge, Rep
T Ali, UCU, Rep
Nazif Alic, UCU
Thomas Allen
Phillip Allsopp, NEU, Member
Margarita Aragon, UCU, Member
Victoria Araj, UCU, University and College Workers for Palestine
John Stuart Archbold, UCU, retired member
Maria Aristodemou, UCU Birkbeck, Member
Marika Asgari, UCU Newcastle, Vice chair
Rosemary Atwill, NEU, ISO
Rosemary Atwill, NEU, ISO
Dr Jill Austin, Senior Lecturer
Feryal Awan, UCL / UCU
Zahir Aziz
Jana B, University and College Union, Migrant, equalities and environment rep, Durham, Sociology
Adam Badger, UCU, Rep, Newcastle University, Geography
Camille Baker, UCU, Member
Josephine Baker, UCU, Member
Carla Ballin, UCU, Rep, City of Bristol College, ESOL
Luisa Barbosa
John Barry, UCU, Green Rep, Queen’s University Belfast
Gemma Baskerville-Price, Unison, Member, Agency, SEND
Konstantinos Bassioukas
Ibrahim Bechrouri, Apuo, Member
Simon Behrman, UCU
Jennifer Bell, NEU, Retired
Vikki Bell
Teresa Belton
Amanda Bentham, NEU, Member
Gargi Bhattacharyya, UCU
Melanie Bhend, UCU, Rep (Area + workload)
Peter Bicknell, UCU
Kevin Biderman, UCU, London College of Communication branch co-chair
Lucy Bland, UCU
L Scott Blankenship, UCU, Branch communication officer
kate boldry, UCU UCL, Rep
William Booth, UCL UCU, Branch ExCo and Dept Rep
Tony Booth, UCU (retired) Unite Community
Shumi Bose, UCU, Member
Bill Bowring, UCU
Miriam Bradley, UCU
Sara Bragg, UCU, Member
Phil Brand, UNISON, workplace rep
Dominic Brassington, NEU, Member
PAUL BREEN, UCU, Member
Daniel Brown, UCU, Member
Mandy Brown, UCU, member
Stephen Brown, NEU, Workplace Rep
James Bruce, UCU, member
Bryony Buck, UCU
Sarah Bufkin, UCU, Member
Nuala Burgess, NEU & IWW, P16 Officer, KCL, Sociology
Steven Burke, UCU, Department Contact
Andrew Burns, Unite
Prof Ray Bush, UCU, Member
Professor Emeritus Ray Bush, UCU, Member, Leeds, African Studies
Mila Caley
Alex Callinicos, UCU
Ray Campbell, UCU, Anti-cas Officer
Alex Campsie, UCU
Pat Caplan, UCU, member
Bob Carter, UCU
James Cartwright, National Education Union, Joint Assistant District Secretary, Cumbria
Dylan Carver, UCU Oxford
Natalia Cecire, UCU, branch co-Secretary
John Chalcraft, UCU, Member
Paula Champion, National Education Union Cambridgeshire, Past President
Wendy Chapple, UCU (UAL branch), Joint Secretary
DurgaMata Chaudhuri, Teaching, Member
Nadir Cheema, UCU
Song Chen, UCU
Mihail Chiru, UCU
Shaista Chishty
Simon Choat, Kingston University UCU, Member
Rav Chohan
Artemis Christinaki, UMUCU, Member
Dharminder Chuhan, UCU, Branch Chair Sandwell College
Jane Clarke, NEU, chair retired section
Owen Clayton, UCU, Vice Chair, Uni of Lincoln branch
Leah Clements, Unison
Caroline Coleman, NEU
Joe Collins, None
Michaela Collord, UCU, Member, University of Manchester, Politics
Tom Colquhoun, EIS, Member of local association executive
Michael Cook, UCU
Carole Couper
Simon Courtenage, UCU, Branch chair, University of Westminster, Cavendish, Computer Science
Wendy Coxshall, UCU, Health and Safety Officer, Liverpool Hope University, Anthropology and Social Work
William Crosby, ARU UCU / UAL:LCC UCU, Anti-Casualisation Officer/PGR Rep
Amelie Cruise
William Cummins, Unite the union, Retired member
David Cunningham, UCU
Steve Cushion, UCU, Assistant branch secretary, London retired members, UCL – Institute of the Americas, History
Maire Daley, UCU, Retired member
Ruth Daly, Leeds UCU
Jill Daniels, UCU, Casework Officer University of East London
Rubia Dar, UCU
Izzat Darwazeh, UCL UCU, Member, UCL, Engineering
Roger Davies, NEU Cumbria
Jessica Davies, UCU, Postgraduate Representative
Alexander Davies, NEU, Harrow District Secretary
Tony Deady, NEU, Retired
Brian Debus, Unison, Joint Chair
Neil Dhanda, NEU, Branch President and Equalities Officer
James Dickins, UCU
Matt Divers, UCU
Wojciech Dmochowski, UCU, Ex-Branch Treasurer and Social Secretary, Ex-New City College, ESOL
Vikki Dockery, NEU, Member
Will Dodds
Giorgia Dona, UCU, Member and former treasurer
Chris Donahue, UCU, Retired member
Kevin Donovan, UCU, Retired member
Nicky Downes, NEU, District and Branch Secretary
Pippa Dowswell, NEU, Joint secretary, Islington branch
Simon Duckett, South Gloucestershire NEU, School Rep
Koshka Duff, UCU, Member
Ian Ellis, UCU, Branch Co-President
Julius Elster
Stanley Emmett, UCU, Retired member
Hadi Enayat
Mairead Enright
Mark Erickson, UCU
Kareem Estefan, UCU, Member
Matthew Evans, UCU, Department rep
Gareth Evans, Bectu
Barry Ewart, Unite Community, Activist, Retired Leeds Uni, Medicine
David Ewing, Oxford University UCU, Anti-Casualisation Officer
Eldin Fahmy, UCU
Helen Farasat, Unite
Kevin Farrell, Teachers Union of Ireland, Former National Executive Committee Member, TU Dublin, Computing
Alistair Farrow, Neu, Workplace rep
Seerat Fatima
Chris Fawson, Unite, Community member
Joao Felix, National Education Union, International Solidarity Organising Forum member
Rob Ferguson, NEU, Dorset PSC secretary, Member
Nuno Ferreira, UCU, Member
Giuliana Ferri, UCU, Member
Patrick ffrench
Alice Finden, UCU
Lorna Finlayson, UCU
Paul FOLEY, UNITE, Member
Kirsten Forkert, UCU, BCU UCU branch secretary
Bev Forsythe-Cheasley, Neu, Rep / science teacher
MARTYN FOSS, NEU
Anna Fox, UCU, Member
Margot Francis, Brock University Faculty Association, Member, Brock University, Gender Studies
Martin Francis, NEU, Retired
Shirley Franklin, UCU, Chair of Southern Region UCU Retired MembersBranch, Retired, Education
Derek Fraser, Manchester NEU, School based Rep
Helen Frosi
Diane Frost
Oliver Furlong, Unison, Member
Franco Galdini
Graham Gamblin, UCU, Membership secretary
Poulami Somanya Ganguly, Queen Mary UCU
Richard Garratt, NEU, None
Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, UCU Sheffield, Member
Lezley George, UCU, Member
Nick Georges, Unite, Member
Raymond Geuss
Hayley Gewer
Nick Gilbert, UCU, Member, Morley College London, Senior Lecturer
Jay Ginn, Unite, Chair of branch
Helen Gleeson, UCU, Branch secretary
Donny Gluckstein, EIS
Craig Goacher, University of Liverpool & LSTM UCU, Committee Ordinary Member
Annie Goh, UCU, LCC Departmental Rep
Jonathan Goodhand, UCU, Member
Priyamvada Gopal, UCU, member, Cambridge, English
Neve Gordon
Ian Gough, UCU
Rebecca Gould, UCU
Richard Goulding, UCU
Debbie Govender, NEU
Mike Govender, NEU City & Islington 6th Form College, Member
Deepa Govindarajan Driver, UCU, Branch President
Penny Gower, EIS, EIS Edinburgh Local Association Exec member
Frances Grahl, UCU, Chair (LCF branch)
Maggie Gray, Kingston UCU
Maggie Gray, Kingston UCU
Penny Green, UCU
Paul Grist, NEU, Rep
Elvira Grob, UCU LCC, member
Rosie Gunn, UCU, Member, University for the Creative Arts, Film
Sadia Habib, UCU, University of Manchester UCU Executive
Jon Hackett, UCU, Member
Toufic Haddad, UCU
Larissa Haensel-Povey, UCU, Member
Mark Hagen, UCU, member
Lina Hakim, UCU, member
Peter Hall, UCU, member
Peter Hallward, UCU, Departmental rep
Peter Hallward, UCU, Departmental rep, Kingston University, Philosophy
Lynn Hancock, UCU, member
Sue-Ann Harding, UCU
William Hardman, UCU, Vice President, University of Liverpool UCU
Kate Hardy, UCU, Committee
Nicola Harrison, NEU, member
Marie Harrison, UCU, Retired member
Nic Harrison, NEU, Member
Lou Hayton, NEU, Delegate to Brighton and Hove Trades Council, Retired teacher, Biology
Anne Heffernan, UCU
Kath Henderson, UCU
Ranil Hewavisenti, Unite Community, Member
Valerie Hey, UCU
Annie Hilditch, NEU
Taylor Hill, Dundee UCU, Member
Orlando Hill, NEU – Camden, Comittee member and work place rep
Florence Hill, Unison, Retired Member
Samuel Hilton, NEU
Matthew Hobbs, NEU, Rep / Officer / Young Workers National Council
Valerie Hobbs, UCU, Ordinary member
Susan Hogan, UCU, Member
Christian Hogsbjerg, Brighton UCU, Branch secretary
Brian Holland, UCU, MEMBER
Michael Holland, NEU, Assistant Secretary Lambeth
Syreeta Howard, Nasuwt
Kate Howlin, NEU, Officer, West Sussex
Bee Hughes, UCU, Branch secretary, LJMU UCU
Jenny Hughes, University of Sheffield UCU, Committee member
Daphne Hunter, CUC, member (rtd)
Saba Hussain, UoB
Ibtehal Hussain
Gabriella Ibba, UCU, Member
Gregoris Ioannou, UCU, Member
Miranda Iossifidis, UCU, Rep
Anjum Iqbal
Marina Isaac, UCU, Member
Feyzi Ismail, UCU Goldsmiths
MARIYA Ivancheva, Ucu, Member, Strathclyde, Education
Alejandro Iznajar Madero, UCB, Lecturer
William Jefferies, UCU, Branch secretary
Yasmin Jiwani
Emily Johns, Artists Union England, member
Emma Johnson, NEU and Unison, Member
Anthea Jones, NEU, Early Years Officer, Cambridgeshire
Emily Jones, UCU
Jonny Jones, UCU, workplace representative
Tim Jones, UCU, Rep
Peter Jones, UCU, Retired member, Sheffield Hallam University, Linguistics
Paul Jones, UCU, Member, University of Liverpool, Sociology
Kay Jordan
Remi Joseph-Salisbury, UCU, Member
Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni, SOAS, Member
Naomi Junnor, Unison, Branch officer, Glasgow
Oula Kadhum, UCU
Amna Kaleem, UCU, Member, University of Sheffield, Politics
Lesley Kane, UCU, member, Open University
Surinder Kaur, UNISON, Member, Bristol University
Dr Hilda Kean
Séagh Kehoe, UCU, Branch Chair, University of Westminster
Roz Keir, Neu, Membership sec
Cormac Kelly, NEU, Kirklees Committee
Michelle Kelsall, UCU SOAS University, Member
Andrew Kennedy, UCU
Thijs Keulen, UCU, Member, University of Leeds, Political theory
Anurag Khahra, NEU, Workplace rep
Bibi Khalifah
Shehla Khan
Samia Khatun, UCU
Gholam Khiabany, UCU
Andrew Kilmister, UCU, Delegate from Oxford Brookes UCU to Oxford and District Trades Council, Oxford Brookes University, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Sally Kincaid, NEU
Sotiria Kogou, Ucu
Alexandra Kokoli, UCU
Anja Komatar, UCU, Leeds Membership Officer
Natalie Kopytko, UCU, Rep
Suki Kumar, UCU, Member
MAJA KUTLACA, UCU
Barbara Labiejko, UCU
Kari Lancaster
Rosa Lang, NEU, Rep
Mark Langdon, EISULA, Activist
Insharah Latif
Felicity Laurence
Elizabeth Lawrence, UCU, Regional Secretary Yorkshire and Humberside
PETER LAWRENCE, UCU Keele, Retired member
Nicholas Lawrence, UCU, Environment Secretary
Joel Lazarus, UCU
Stef Leach, UCU, Member
Matthew Lee, UNISON, Convenor, UCL
Les Levidow, UCU, OU branch, Climate & Ecological Emergency Committee (CEEC)
Micky Levoguer, UCU, Branch rep UEL
Matt Lewis, UCU, Branch Secretary RCA
Rafaella Lima, UCU
Fred Lindop, UCU, Retired
Duncan Little, NEU
Jo Littler, UCU
Sylvie Lomer, UCU
Sidonia Lucia Kula, UCU SOAS
Thembi Luckett, UCU, Department Rep
Sarah Macdonald, UCU, Member
Teresa MacKay, Unite, Branch secretary/ National Pensioners Committee
Ken Mackinnon
Paul Mackney, UCU, Former Joint General Secretary, Natfhe, Industrial Relations
Caoimhe Mader McGuinness, UCU, Equalities
Jane Madsen, UCU, Member
Farzana Mahmood
Henry Maitles, UCU University of the West of Scotland
Georgia Mantle, UCU, Branch Rep
Soe Tjen Marching, UCU, member
Zoe Marriage, UCU
Lo Marshall, UCU
Paul Martin, UCU, Member
Patricia Martuscelli, UCU, Member
Dina Matar, Ucu
Teige Matthews-Palmer, Unite, Workplace rep
Patrick McCarthy, UCU, Retired Branch Chair
Paddy McDaid, UCU
William McEvoy, UCU, Member
Liam McGlynn, Teachers Union of Ireland, Branch Secretary, Technological University Dublin, Social Science
Ann McGovern, NEU, Workplace Rep, East coast college, English
Esther McIntosh, UCU, Branch Chair, YSJ
Cahal McLaughlin, UCU, member
Cian McMahon, Dundee UCU, Member
Roseanne mcnamee, IVU
Robyn Mcsharry, National Education Union, Trainee Teacher
Lucille Meah, NEU, Supply Officer, Middlesex, B.Ed
Smriti Mehra, UCU, Member
Vaughan Melzer
Annapurna Menon, UCU
Gorka Mercero, UCU, Member
Mandy Merck, UCU, retired member
Gillian Messaoud, Unison, Branch international officer
Alessandra Mezzadri, UCU
John Miers, UCU, Ordinary committee member, Kingston, Illustration
Laura Miles, UCU
Rachel Miller, University of Manchester UCU, Member
Ann Miller, (formerly) UCU
Susan Milner, NEU, NEU Rep
Rehana Minhas
Ghazala Mir, UCU, Member, Leeds, Health Sciences
Kaajal Modi-Hobson, UCU, member, University of Leeds
Fathima Haniya Mohamed-Mustaffa, LEEDS PALESTINE SOLIDARITY, Student, Leeds Beckett university
Alice Moon, NEU, Workplace rep
Matilda Moors, UCU, Membership & Comms Officer
Alexandra Morel, UCU, Member
Carlo Morelli, UCU, Committee rep
Maggie Morgan, NEU, Member
Jess Moriarty, UCU
Philip Moriarty, UCU
Penny Morris, UCU, Retired member
Tracie Morrison, UCU, Rep
Dorothy Moss, UCU, Retired member
Mariam Motamedi Fraser
Leila Mouhib, ULB (Brussels)
Ken Muller, NEU
Laura Mulvey, UUC, member, Birkbeck U of London, Media Studies
Martha Mundy, UCU, member, LSE
Emma Munro
ALISON MURPHY
Lucy Musk, Unite
Yasmeen Narayan, UCU
Kaz Naseem, UCU
Polly Nash, UCU at LCC, UAL, Membership secretary
Nushi Nazemi
Miyanda Nehwati, NEU
Eleanor Newbigin
Saul Newman, UCU
John Newsham, UCU
Michael Niblett, UCU
Jess Northey, UCU, Member, Coventry university, Social sciences
Irm Nunwa
Sophie O’Dell, Leeds Student Union, member, University of Leeds
Simon O’Hara, Warwickshire NEU, Ass’t Branch Secretary
Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, UCU
Liam Orr, UCU
Peter Osborne, UCU, –, Kingston, Philosophy
Goldie Osuri, UCU
Veronica OTERO
Antonio Padilla, UCU, Nottingham Uni branch treasurer
Maïa Pal, UCU, Campaigns officer
Aleks Palanac, UCU University of Leicester, Member
abdul Paliwala
Jade Palmer, NEU, NEU Representative
Chrys Papaioannou
Jimena Pardo, NEU, Rep
Lucy Parker, UCU, Member
Paige Patchin
Rahul Patel, UCU
Dr Rajesh Patel, UCU, Retired Member
Nazifah Patel
Kate Pearce, NEU, Assistant branch secretary
Jayne Pearson, UCU
David Perez-Suarez, UCU, union contact
Dave Peyton, Teachers Union of Ireland, TUI TU Dublin Blanchardstown Branch Chairperson
Matthew Phull, UAL-UCU, CSM Site Rep
Kieran Picken, NEU, branch secretary
Susannah Pickering-Saqqa, UCU, Branch member
Kerry Pilborough
John Piprani, UCU, H&S Rep
Marcela Pizarro, UCU, Member
barbara pizziconi, UCU
Florence Platford, UCU
Sharri Plonski, UCU Queen Mary University of London, Member
LUKE PLOWDEN, NEU, Member
Anna Pollert, UCU, member
Robert Poole, National Education Union, Assistant District Secretary
Charlie Porter, Sheffield UCU, Comms Officer
Lucy Potter, UCU, Professional Services Rep and Green Rep
Megan James Povey, UCU, Committee member
Lucia Pradella, UCU
Nicola Pratt, UCU, member
Wendy Press, UCU, Supported Learning rep, New City College
Carolyn Price-Lee, NEU, Rep
Navtej Purewal, UCU, Member
Judith Purver, UCU, Retired, Manchester, Modern Languages (German)
Clare Qualmann, Ucu, Treasurer
Rhea Rahman, PSC-CUNY, Member
Ali Raiss-Tousi
Anandi Ramamurthy, UCU, Retired member
Andreea Raslescu, Oxford UCU
Tony Rea, UVU, Member
Ana Redondo, UCU University of Bedfordshire, Chair of Branch
Bo Reed, NEU, Union rep, Warwick university
Jane Rendell, UCU, Rep
Ali Reynolds, UCU, Uni of Liverpool/LSTM branch committee member
Leslie Rich, IWW
Melanie Richter-Montpetit, UCU
Nils Rickardsson Olsson, UCU, Member
Andy Ridley, UCU, Branch rep, Roehampton, Senior Lecturer
Caroline Riley, NEU, Retired member
Althea Maria Rivas, UCU
Chris Roberts
Marion Roberts, UCU retired
Robert Robertson, NEU, Member
Anne Robinson, UCU, Member
Jim Roche, Teachers Union of Ireland, Vice Chair Dublin Colleges branch
Ben Rogaly, UCU, Retired member
Richard Rose, NEU
J Rose, UCU
Rachel Rosen, UCU
Chris Rossdale, UCU
Catherine Rottenberg, UCU, member
Stephen Rowell, NEU, Rep
Nicholas Ruch, Unison, Retired
Sinead Rushe, UCU, member
Cat Rylance, UCU, Branch Chair
Rim Saab, UCU, Member
Thia Sagherian-Dickey, UCU, Member
Raphael Salkie, UCU, Member
Julia Sallabank, UCU
Ruth San Martin, OPSEU, Member
Stella Sandford, UCU
Donald Sassoon
Doreen Saunders, NEU, Workplace rep
Derek Sayer
Mariam Sbaiti, UCU, Member
Miriam Scharf, NEU Newham, International Solidarity Officer
Abigail Schoneboom, UCU
Lili Schwoerer, UCU
Nicola Scope, NEU, Committee member
Lynne Segal, Retired
Daniel Selwyn, NEU, International Solidarity Officer
Tanya Serisier, UCU – Birkbeck, Committee Member
Anna Seymour, UCU
Nilofer Shaikh
Sabine Sharp, UCU, Member
Ingrid Sharp, Ucu, Rep, Leeds, Languages
Rizwana Shelley, NEU, Equalities officer Medway NEU, Imperial College, MSc
Bethany Shiner, UCU, Vice chair
Sasha Simic, Usdaw, Shop rep C133 branch
Rajkiran Singh, NEU, Workplace Rep
Jonathan Skinner, UCU, Member
Cathy Slaughter, Ucu, Retired member, Plymouth, English
Roddy Slorach, UCU Imperial College London, Branch secretary
Prof. John A Smith, BECTU
Alasdair Smith, NEU, School rep
Graham Smith, UCU, Regional chair (Northern UCU)
Graham Smith, UCU, Retired, University of Manchester, Law (retired)
Iason Sofos, UCU, Member, The University of Leeds, Postgraduate Researcher
Eeva Sointu, UCU, Vice chair
Ryann Sowden, Unison, Member
Martin Spafford, National Education Union, retired
Lisa Stampnitzky, UCU, Member
Hugh Stanners, NEU
John Stephens, NEU, Officer
Ian Stewart, Unite, Member
Sarah Stewart, SOAS UNISON, member, SOAS, Religions and Philosophies
Francesco Sticchi, Ucu, AL rep, Oxford Brookes University, Film Studies
Andrew Stone, NEU, Post 16 officer, Wandsworth
Celine Strolz, RCA UCU, Member
Evelyn Strongylakou, UCU
Mayssoun Sukarieh, UCU, Union caseworker
Dr Anthony Sullivan, UCU, UAL Branch Rep
David Swanson, UCU, Vice-president, University of Manchester UCU
Michael Szpakowski, UCU, retired member
Inbar Tamari, NEU
Inbar Tamari, NEU, Equality officer
Stuart Tannock, UCU, Departmental Representative
Joanne Tatham, UCU, Branch rep., RCA, Arts and Humanities
Carol Taylor, NEU, Retired teacher
Shabnum Tejani, SOAS UCU
Alice Theobald
David Thomas, UCU, Member, University of Brighton
Lisa Tilley, UCU
Matteo Tiratelli, UCU, Casework Officer
Mary Todd, BMA
Rachel Tolhurst, UCU, Member
Helen Tucker, NEU
Helen Tucker, NEU
Myka Tucker-Abramson, Warwick UCU
Jane Turner, NEU, District International Solidarity Officer
Mandy Turner
Kamila Ujkaj
Raj Unsworth
Mijke van der Drift, UCU, Branch Chair
Vina Vekria, NEU, Member
Dr Vedrana Velickovic, UCU Brighton, Member, University of Brighton, Literature
Roberto Veneziani, UCU
Francoise Verges
Sean Vernell, UCU, REP
Melanie Vevers, ex NEU, Retired teacher
Margaret Vicuna
Daniel Vulliamy, UNITE, Retired
Ramisuddeen Vypukaran
Hilary Wainwright Wainwright, NUJ, Member of freelance branch
Laura Waite, UCU, Member, Liverpool Hope University, Social Sciences
Rupert Waldron, UCU, Secretary, London College of Fashion, Fashion
Lynda Walker, UCU, Member
Hannah Walker, UCU, Union Rep
Rachel Walls, UCU University of Leeds, Committee member
Jo Walton, Nasuwt RM/ Unite Community LW&Y, Member
Marchella Ward, UCU
Jay Ward
David Watson, NEU
Janet Watson, UCU
Colin Watson, Unite, branch secretary
Nicola Watt
Nicholas Weaver, UCU, Retired
Sue Wedlock, Unison
Arsène Werlen, UCU
John Westmoreland, NEU, None
Gordon White, NEU, Retired Northants County Secretary
Jessie Whiteley
Xanthe Whittaker, UCU
Oona Wilkinson, Unison
Samantha Williams, CUPE 3912, Vice President – SMU Teaching Assistants
Luke Williams, UCU, Member
Milly Williamson, UCU
Siobhan Wills, UCU, Member
Kalpana Wilson, Birkbeck UCU
Lizzie Wilson, UCU
Jacquie Wilson, UCU, Retired
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi, National Education Union, South Kent district, Personal capacity
Carol Wing, NEU Oxfordshire District, Treasurer
Richard Wistreich, UCU, Member
Fae Wolfe
Anna Wolmuth, NEU
Sean Wood
Tristram Wyatt, UCU
Umit Yildiz, UCU – Manchester University, VP
Apex Zero, UCU RCU, Equalities Rep
Zoe Zero, NEU
Katherine Zhou, UCU Oxford

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