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.

Rather than being battered around in broader politics, HE needs to engage, and ensure it's inclusive in order to sustain an international outlook.

The need to "mainstream" initiatives aimed at including refugees within higher education and learn from counterpart institutions across Europe was explored at a major policy dialogue convened by EAIE in Seville. Displaced students addressed delegates and spoke of their own experiences.

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.