University antisemitism incidents remain elevated two years after October 7

A UK charity has recorded 95 antisemitic incidents at universities so far in the 2025-26 academic year. The Community Security Trust says this is nearly double the 53 incidents recorded in 2022-23, before the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023. Incidents rose sharply to 272 in 2023-24, then fell to 83 the following year, but have now risen again. About two-thirds of the incidents involved antisemitic language connected to Israel, Gaza, or the wider Middle East conflict. In the previous academic year, two serious violent attacks were recorded at universities in Edinburgh and Leeds. The charity said these were the worst attacks it had ever recorded at UK universities. Staff members were responsible for 16 incidents across the two-year period.