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Gaza PhD student ‘heartbroken’ as family blocked from entering the UK
ByThaslima Begum October 12, 2025

Manar al-Houbi’s husband and children refused entry despite her winning a scholarship to cover tuition fees, living costs and housing for them allA Gaza PhD student who won a fully funded scholarship to the University of Glasgow has spoken of her heart…

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Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK
BySally Weale Education correspondent October 9, 2025

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn homeThe young man emerging from a backstreet accommodation block in a bustling corner of east London looks much like any other student, getting to grips with…

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Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK
BySally Weale Education correspondent October 9, 2025

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn homeThe young man emerging from a backstreet accommodation block in a bustling corner of east London looks much like any other student, getting to grips with…

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‘A surreal journey’: Palestinian students evacuated from Gaza arrive in UK
BySally Weale Education correspondent September 22, 2025

First 34 students, who have full scholarships, welcomed after months of campaigning by academics and othersMiddle East crisis – live updatesA group of Palestinian scholars who have been awaiting evacuation from Gaza to take up their places at universit…

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Israel boycott aims are misunderstood | Letter
ByGuardian staff September 19, 2025

The boycott targets institutions, not academics or the flow of ideas, writes Jonathan RosenheadYou report on the growing strength of the movement for an academic boycott of Israeli universities (Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli acade…

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Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
ByNicola Davis Science Correspondent September 13, 2025

Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the actionA growing number of universities, academic institutions and scholarly bodies around the world are cutting link…

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Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
ByNicola Davis Science Correspondent September 13, 2025

Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the actionA growing number of universities, academic institutions and scholarly bodies around the world are cutting link…

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UK to evacuate nine Gaza students with university scholarships
BySally Weale Education correspondent August 20, 2025

Move follows months of pressure from MPs, academics and campaigners, with dozens of other students still strandedNine students in Gaza with full scholarships to study at British universities have been told the UK government is working to facilitate the…

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‘Too hungry to think, too weak to sit upright. Concentration slips away’: the struggle to stay focussed as an academic in Gaza
ByAhmed Kamal Junina August 19, 2025

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matterI must admit: I write this piece while starving – too hungry to think clearly, too weak to sit upright for l…

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I spent decades at Columbia. I’m withdrawing my fall course due to its deal with Trump | Rashid Khalidi
ByRashid Khalidi August 1, 2025

The university’s draconian policies and new definition of antisemitism make much teaching impossibleDear Acting President Shipman,I am writing you an open letter since you have seen fit to communicate the recent decisions of the Board of Trustees and t…

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