A three-week MOOC to prepare volunteers to help refugees has been launched on FutureLearn this week in partnership with Cambridge English and Crisis Classroom.

The first groups of refugees have received European Qualifications Passports after successfully passing an evaluation process to verify their higher education credentials.

The global refugee crisis has displaced millions of people, many of whom are students or scholars who will need to access education institutions in their new destinations. Providing that access, however, presents an array of challenges for both students and educational providers. What barriers do students and scholars face to access education, and how are institutions helping them to overcome them? Natalie Marsh finds out.

Many Syrian youth in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey feel that scholarship provision is inadequate and they are offered are ‘leftover’ spaces at institutions, according to a new study.

European higher education was underprepared to integrate refugees in the aftermath of the 2015 humanitarian crisis, according to a report from the European Students’ Union.

The University of East London will launch two courses to help refugees prepare for university study as part of a collaborative project with two other universities in Europe.

The refugee crisis is immense. We can’t leave it up to just governments and UN bodies to respond, and higher education institutions are uniquely placed to provide additional, durable solutions for refugees.

After a Western Sydney University promotional video went viral, its vice-chancellor has argued that university branding is fundamental to improve rankings and ensure graduate success.