{"id":60108,"date":"2024-05-03T10:05:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=60108"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:05:07","slug":"sheffield-students-set-up-encampments-echoing-massive-protests-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/sheffield-students-set-up-encampments-echoing-massive-protests-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield students set up encampments, echoing massive protests in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield students supporting Palestine have protested after violent clashes broke out in US campus protests.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of students protested outside the Student Union building on Western Bank to show solidarity with Palestine.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sheffield Campus Coalition for Palestine (SCCP), organised the protest against allegations of their university\u2019s complicity in Israeli apartheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson from the University of Sheffield, said: \u201cWe support the right of our students to express their views peacefully, and planned campus activities will continue as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also want to remind our students of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/incidents\/israel-gaza#expectations\">behavioural expectations around protests<\/a> and that racism, antisemitism or Islamophobia will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Mike Thelwall, a Professor at the Information School, said: \u201cThere is a university investment in entitled weapons manufacturing, which I don&#8217;t agree with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day started with students walking out of lectures, followed by a demonstration and a teach-out session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Lisa Stampnitzky, a Politics Lecturer, said: \u201cThere was a session where leadership came to speak to students who wanted to talk about ethics. 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