Previous Events
A list of events where representatives of Prevent Watch attended and gave presentations, ran workshops, or formally contributed to discussions.
23 June 2026 – Director of Prevent Watch, Dr Layla Aitlhadj spoke at the BRISMES panel on Academic Freedom, Governance and Student Agency Under Colonial Constraints, presenting “Student Political Agency and the Governance of...
What would Prevent look like under Reform? To discuss this, Dr Layla Aitlhadj joined Sophie Stowers from More in Common and Richard McNeil-Willson from the University of Edinburgh for a roundtable chaired by Larry Attree from Rethinking...
March 8, 2026 – Dr Layla Aitlhadj spoke about the Prevent strategy and its impact on schools and children relating to Palestine at the Parents for Palestine – Know your rights in school” iftar event at Calthorpe Community...
21 November 2025 – Dr Layla Aitlhadj, director of Prevent Watch, delivered a guest lecture to the Criminology and International Relations class at Liverpool John Moores University. The lecture, which was part of a final-year module...
4 November 2025 –Â Dr Layla Aitlhadj gave a presentation as part of Islamophobia Awareness Month at Bradford City Hall at an event, which had the theme ‘Flip the Script’. Dr. Aitlhadj addressed a full hall on how the...
Addressed by Dr Layla Aitlhadj, Prof John Holmwood and other notables including – not least – some of our clients who provided unforgettable accounts of their experiences of Prevent, the Prevent Watch annual event 2025 offered...
On November 15, 2025, Prevent Watch director Dr Layla Aitlhadj presented at Portcullis House on the Prevent duty and Civil Liberties at an event organised by SOAS Influencing the Corridors of Power (ICOP). Dr Aitlhadj spoke alongside the...
Dr Layla Aitlhadj and Prof John Holmwood were in discussion in this well-attended webinar with barrister Olly Persey. The discussion followed the history of Prevent in the classroom, the broader context that facilitates the acceptance...
Dr Layla Aitlhadj spoke about the Prevent strategy and its impact on discussions around Palestine among university teachers and staff at a conference at Lancaster University. The conference aimed at addressing care, trauma and emotions in...
On the 9th of April Prevent Watch was invited by Race Equality Network and Ella Baker School to deliver a workshop at the Northern Race Equality Conference held in Bradford. The event brought together a wide range of organisations...
On Monday, I was at Amnesty International’s offices, meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. It was an opportunity for directors from several civil society organisations to ensure he heard about the most urgent...
26 February 2025: Dr Layla Aitlhadj, director of Prevent Watch, presented to the Cambridge University ISOC. The talk was on Prevent’s impact on activism. It offered guidance on how to deal with Prevent pressure on events at university...
Dr Layla Aitlhadj participated in an international event at the University of Amsterdam, entitled ‘Climate Politics and Freedom of Expression‘. She represented Prevent Watch as a panelist on climate politics in the...
20 November 2024: Dr Layla Aitlhadj presented on the role of Prevent as a key tool in the securitisation of schools and children at University College London (UCL). This conference was organised by Garden Court Chambers in London and was...
18 November 2024: Dr Layla Aitlhadj presented the chapter that she authored at the launch of the final report by Runnymede entitled Islamophobia: the Intensification of Racism against Muslim Communities in the UK. The report was launched on...
This webinar offers a glimpse at the evidence delivered to the United Nations from a collective submission, of which Prevent Watch, Runnymede and RSI were a part...
22 October 2024: As part of a panel on Prevent organised by Leigh Day Solicitors, Dr Layla Aitlhadj of Prevent Watch presented on the subject of Prevent and freedom of speech. To invite Prevent Watch to address your event on this important...
14 September 2024: Dr Layla Aitlhadj of Prevent Watch presented a talk at an online event on Prevent and Palestine in schools, organised by the Cambridge University ISOC. The talk covered Prevent and Palestine in schools, and its...
Here are the main points of our request to the UN's Commission to End Racial Discrimination and our call to the UN to urge the UK government to withdraw Prevent from education and health...
21 July 2024: Dr. Layla Aitlhadj of Prevent Watch was at this event on Zionism in the UK education system – and she presented a talk on the repression of Palestine solidarity in schools through Prevent. This event took place in...
11 July 2024: Prevent Watch’s Dr. Layla Aitlhadj ran a workshop about how to talk about Palestine in school at a special event in east London. The event was organised by the National Education Union in Newham. To arrange a similar...
1 June 2024: Dr. Layla Aitlhadj presented a talk on Prevent in education in relation specifically to events in Gaza at an event hosted by the West Midlands branch of the National Education Union. For more information about having Prevent...
18 May 2024: Prevent Watch did a presentation talk on Palestine for an NEC meeting organised by the Socialist Educational Association. The presentation addressed how Prevent is being used to close down debate on Palestine and other harms of...
25 April 2024: Dr Layla Aitlhadj presented a talk on Prevent and Freedom of Expression at York University. The event was organised by the York branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. To host a similar talk at your venue, or invite...
23 March 2024: Director of Prevent Watch Dr Layla Aitlhadj ran a workshop on the harms of Prevent in education in London for an educator’s conference in London. The workshop was held at the same time as the March 2024 demonstration in...
Prevent Watch was at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, in support of Rights and Security International’s (RSI) submission to the Human Rights Committee about Prevent - here's what we learnt...
29 February 2024: Director of Prevent Watch Dr Layla Aitlhadj presented a talk on Prevent and Freedom of Expression. The conference was hosted by the London branches of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and the National Education Union...
Increasing assaults on community security in the UK include the use of Prevent on Muslims, providing interesting common ground with the new Policing Act and its impact on Gypsy communities...