Overview
- The Union of Jewish Students’ Time for Change report draws on a JL Partners poll of 1,000 students from roughly 170 institutions conducted January 26 to February 4, 2026.
- Twenty percent of students said they would be reluctant to, or would not, share housing with a Jewish peer, 49% reported hearing praise for Hamas or Hezbollah on campus, and 47% saw the October 7 attacks described as justified.
- Nearly a quarter of respondents witnessed behavior targeting Jews, with documented incidents including ‘F*** Jews’ graffiti at Essex and Bristol leaflets showing a Star of David intertwined with a swastika, alongside accounts of harassment and stalking in cities such as Leeds and Birmingham.
- The report issues six recommendations calling for university accountability on hate incidents, stronger students’ union governance, investigations into extremist student groups, and closer coordination between universities, government and police.
- Universities UK acknowledged the problem and urged reporting to institutions and the Community Security Trust, whose data show an average of 308 antisemitic incidents per month in 2025, about double the pre-October 2023 monthly average.