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<p>This Government takes anti-Semitism extremely seriously. There is no place in our
society - including within higher education – for hatred or any form of harassment,
discrimination or racism, including anti-Semitism.</p><p><br>The Government has recently
adopted the non-legally binding definition of anti-Semitism, to help clarify how anti-Semitism
can manifest itself in the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</p><p><br>Universities have a
responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive environment for all students. The legal
obligation for ensuring that students do not face discrimination, harassment, abuse
or violence rests with individual institutions. Universities should have robust policies
and procedures in place to comply with the law, and to enable them to investigate
and address swiftly any anti-Semitic incidents that are reported.</p><p>The Government
asked Universities UK (UUK) to set up an Harassment Taskforce in 2015, to consider
what more can be done to address harassment on campus, including on the basis of religion
and belief. The Union of Jewish Students, Jewish Leadership Council, Board of Deputies
of British Jews and the Community Security Trust were part of its wider advisory group.
The taskforce published its report: ‘Changing the Culture’, on 21 October 2016.</p><p>The
Government has asked UUK to monitor progress. UUK plan to establish more baseline
evidence, and to assess institutions’ progress in implementing the recommendations
and report later this year.</p>
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