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Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones
ByOwen Jones March 2, 2026

The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignoreThe west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCa…

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‘Our classrooms are empty because the graveyards are full’: Iran’s students on why they are protesting again
ByDeepa Parent February 23, 2026

As details of the death toll for January’s protests continue to emerge, three students explain why they are resisting a return to normalityMore than 45 days after a brutal January crackdown that left thousands of Iranian protesters dead, students acros…

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Gaza PhD student and family evacuated to UK after Foreign Office U-turn
ByThaslima Begum December 19, 2025

Manar al-Houbi’s family had been denied entry despite a scholarship covering their living costs, but other students remain strandedThe UK government has finally evacuated Manar al-Houbi, the Gaza student who won a fully funded scholarship to pursue her…

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UK rule change allows Palestinian scholars to bring families from Gaza
ByRichard Adams Education editor October 30, 2025

Previous visa policy had forced the students ‘to choose between their education and their family’Palestinian students taking up scholarships at UK universities will be allowed to bring their families from Gaza with them after the government said it wou…

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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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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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