The University of Reading has tweeted a response to critics of its refugee scholarship scheme, which aims to offer 14 scholarships to refugee in the Reading area.

E-learning platform Coursera for Refugees has reached 50,000 enrolments, with over 11,000 unique learners from 119 countries.

The world faces an "extraordinary loss of human talent" if strategies aren't implemented to improve refugee access to tertiary education, according to experts at Going Global

A project by Birkbeck, University of London, dedicated to helping refugees access higher education won the Guardian University Awards in the Widening Access and Outreach category.

Education is the light which guides us in times of trouble. It’s the light that shows us our way – not to live in vacuum. And it’s a right! It’s a human right.

UUKi has released a report guiding universities through the best practices to develop strategies to help refugees access higher education.

The Polish education minister Anna Zalewska said they are ready to accept international school children in addition to "the bilingual children of Poles".

Government officials say the Malaysian HE system is in a unique position to take in more students affected by war and humanitarian crises, in the lead up to this year's general election.