A beating in central Berlin last weekend that left a Jewish student at the city's Free University (FU) hospitalized appears to have been a targeted attack, according to investigators. The assault appears to have been politically motivated over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is being investigated as a potential anti-Semitic attack, according to a spokesman for Berlin's public prosecutor's office. Because of the apparent political motivation, the incident has been classified as a hate crime,
Can Brits get school financing post-Brexit?
Time is running out to secure an EU-UK Brexit deal. The potential impact on support for British students in Europe could limit opportunities for generations. Elizabeth Rushton, 23.12.2020 - 16:07 Uhr
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Low tuition fees have made Germany an increasingly popular study destination for British students. Brexit could put a stop to that.
Berlin - Chloe Hayward, a 23-year-old British student at Berlin’s Freie Universität, is in her fifth semester of studying French and Spanish philology. Like around one in five of all students at German universities, she receives student finance through BAföG, the German system of loans and grants for students, school pupils and trainees.