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More bad news for academics in #Afghanistan - "lecturers who have won prestigious foreign scholarships...are not allowed to take them up...they risk being fired...They saw education as the foundation of a civilised and modern Afghanistan...Many are now regretting their choice..."

Israeli military attacks worsen Lebanese university crises universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Dramatic and encouraging news from #Syria. For over 10 years we have worked to support exiled Syrian academics through our Programmes cara.ngo/what-we-do/car…. We hope that events will soon allow them to contribute to rebuilding higher education and civil society in that country.

Great interview with Cara Fellow from Russia Salavat Abylkalikov, and many thanks to him for 'commending the invaluable support provided by Cara'!

Some good news from #Myanmar - 'Physical university in ‘liberated’ area continues to expand' universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…

Proud to reconfirm our longstanding support for Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics, the Council for At-Risk Academics, which allows us to offer support to those impacted by the ongoing conflicts around the world. As a University of Sanctuary, we are committed to ensuring that background and life

UniversityWorldNews recently reported how Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics’s has helped academics at-risk find new intellectual homes in 1,000 days since Russia invaded Ukraine 📰 Read more in University World News here: shorturl.at/1htue

Professor who fled Putin’s war warns Kremlin is playing ‘Russian roulette with lives’ independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…

We are very sad to have to announce that our former Chair, Alan McCarthy, Professor later Emeritus Professor at University of Liverpool, passed away on 3 January. He was a Trustee for 18 years and will be much missed. For more details please go to our website at cara.ngo/news/professor…

We're delighted to be working with Royal Society of Chemistry in this new partnership, and many thanks to Alaa for telling her story so compellingly - youtube.com/watch?v=la2TDQ…

Fascinating Cambridge University Press article, with a participant in our Syria Programme as lead author, exploring how and why this statue was stolen, where it is now, shedding light on the networks responsible for looting and trafficking Syrian antiquities. For more - cara.ngo/news/the-lion-…

“It will take at least 20 years to get back to any semblance of normality” Academics look at what it would take to rebuild HE in Gaza following the tentative ceasefire Comments from Nora Parr Dr Neelam Raina 🧡 Cara - the Council for At-Risk Academics Alison Phipps አሊሰን 🧡🕊️ Report by Emily Twinch researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-world-…

Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay and so I am sharing my dad’s story. hmd.org.uk/resource/marti… He was taken from his school in the Netherlands at the age of 5.

Happy to share an article in nature which explored the experiences of academics forced into exile from Ukraine and Gaza and spoke to our Fellowship Programme Manager, Zeid Al-Bayaty, about the challenges that individuals and host universities face. Text - nature.com/articles/d4158…

A Cara Fellow and her family separated by the conflict in Gaza, reunited at The University of Edinburgh - independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

Very pleased to be invited to speak today at LSE on ‘LSE's Legacy of Supporting Scholars at Risk’. Our founder in 1933, William Beveridge, was LSE Director then, and LSE are still strong supporters of our work. Sadly, that support is much needed now too, 92 years later…

Interesting UniversityWorldNews piece on higher education 'reforms' in Georgia - “It’s highly likely that these reforms will be used to target those who express critical opinions about government policies within universities.”

Researchers at risk - register now for the 31 March Cara-hosted Inspireurope+ webinar on EU funding opportunities, covering application strategies and key resources and with a contribution from a researcher who successfully applied for an MSCA fellowship. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Full announcement here - cara.ngo/news/a-message… - and we're very much looking forward to working with Matt!

Having a fascinating day in Berlin with our colleagues of the Humboldt-Stiftung. We are proud to have supported all (so far) 15 rounds of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative, which provides fellowships for at-risk scholars at universities and research institutions in Germany.