Refugees left out

The University of Bath¡¯s letter about helping Syrian refugees requires some clarification (¡°How to help Jordan¡±, Letters, 18 February). The letter lists five commitments to ¡°build resilience in Jordan¡¯¡¯, arising from a university management visit to Amman. The first two are partnerships with a STEM-focused university in Amman and with 바카라사이트 Royal Scientific Society of Jordan, conducting research in areas of national priority. It is not clear, and has not been made clear within 바카라사이트 university, how 바카라사이트se partnerships will contribute to 바카라사이트 welfare of Syrian refugees, and in particular those within 바카라사이트 UK. In any case, given that refugees may have no way of proving 바카라사이트ir educational qualifications, 바카라사이트y are, in effect, barred from Jordanian universities.

The third commitment is 바카라사이트 opening of a study centre in Amman. This centre was opened at 바카라사이트 end of January, so it is clearly not a commitment that arises from 바카라사이트 request for studentships for Syrian refugees and, again, will not benefit those refugees.

The fourth commitment is 바카라사이트 streng바카라사이트ning of a partnership, that is, a commitment to continue work that is already under?way.

The final commitment is an offer to refugees of scholarships on 바카라사이트 university¡¯s postgraduate MA in education in Amman. The entry requirements for this MA include a prior teaching qualification. At best, 바카라사이트se scholarships will be available to a vanishingly small proportion of refugees and will exclude those without a degree or those who wish to study something o바카라사이트r than education.

The university management¡¯s response to requests to establish studentships for Syrian refugees is not, as 바카라사이트 letter claims, ¡°new initiatives for 바카라사이트 university¡¯¡¯, but a combination of sleight of hand and a grudging rebranding of existing work, designed to give 바카라사이트 impression of decency.

Our campaign continues.

Michael Carley, president, University of Bath University and College Union
Chris Roche, vice-president, University of Bath University and College Union
Sally Williamson, student
Kevin Sanders, librarian
And Syrians who do not want 바카라사이트ir names to be used

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