Sanctuary Programme News Today

Business schools recognize they can have a profound impact on refugees, and create new lives and opportunities for them.

The aim of the scholarships is to help close the attainment gap for Black British Students, increase social mobility, and support equal access to higher education.The first 2 scholarships at King’s will be available for students of Black, African and

Olena Sotnyk, an adviser to the Ukrainian deputy PM, is taking a master’s in Conflict, Security and Development at King’s College London

A university is to blaze a trail by being the first to bring up to 250 Ukrainians fleeing war to Britain. Staff and students will help King’s College London – based in Denmark Hill, Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospitals in Waterloo – bring the refugees here by Easter.

Lewisham has become the first council in the UK to be formally recognised as a ‘sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers. The borough has been awarded the title by national charity City of Sanctuary after challenging the Government on the hostile environment approach and abandonment of the country’s refugee resettlement scheme. The council’s participation in the UK’s Refugee Resettlement Programme has already helped over 30 refugee families, making Lewisham London’s leading bo...