Universities warn Starmer: Evacuate Gaza scholarship students or they will miss out

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Exclusive: Senior leaders at several top UK universities have written to the PM to warn that a failure to evacuate students by Sunday will see them miss out

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Leaders at several of Britain’s top universities have warned Sir Keir Starmer that students from Gaza given scholarships will miss out on a place this year if they are not evacuated from the strip by the end of the week.

Universities warn Starmer: Evacuate Gaza scholarship students or they will miss out

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