Our coverage of the clampdown
We at Liberty Investigates have been digging into UK universities’ handling of campus protest activity since May 2024. Here you can read the reports we’ve published with media partners, as well as follow-up coverage citing our findings.
How university surveillance is affecting Palestinian students in the UK
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‘Speaking truth to power’: The future of student activism
Cherwell
US-style protest crackdown allegedly influenced by AUCSO lobbying, email reveals
The Courier
Pro-Palestine student protesters convicted of trespassing at their own uni
Liberty Investigates
Dazed Digital
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Liberty Investigates
The Guardian
The Boar
University probes claims staff told students to remove Palestine flag from bake sale or be ‘removed by force’
Liberty Investigates
Herald Scotland
Scottish University agreed to ‘monitor’ students for weapons company supplying IDF, emails reveal
Liberty Investigates
Herald Scotland
Uncovered: UK law firm coached universities on how to obtain ‘sweeping’ protest bans
Liberty Investigates
The Guardian
Gaza protests: UK uni leaders reassured campus security chiefs fearing backlash after US crackdown, email reveals
Liberty Investigates
The Guardian
Uncovered: the ‘worsening crackdown’ on pro-Palestine activism at UK universities
Liberty Investigates
Sky News
Wales Online
The Tab
Revealed: The universities offering police intel on student Gaza protesters
Liberty Investigates
Metro.co.uk