Other resources

Aleks Palanac, Head of Sanctuary at the University of Leicester, has compiled a list of initiatives and resources to support Palestinian students, academics and universities, particularly in the UK and Ireland. 

The full list can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWjNxOObcKzqJC5XaXrr9u5Zm4HturzCnOEV0OH51noMSQYA/viewform 

A selection of links are reproduced here:

Scholarships (f2f) specifically for Palestinian students​

• British Council’s HESPAL Programme​

• Palestine Community Foundation and British Council – list of scholarships​ via Chevening, Said Foundation, Oxford Brookes, Durham, St Andrews and more

• Durham Palestine Educational Trust Master's Scholarships

• Herriott Watt PhD scholarships

• St Andrews Education for Palestinian Students (STEPS) Scholarships

• Queen's University Belfast Scholarship

• Uni of Sheffield Gaza-Palestine Postgraduate Taught Scholarship

• Uni of Dundee Occupied Palestinian Territories search tool

• Salam Scholarships at Ulster University (for 5 Palestinian women per year)

• Queen's University Belfast's Copty Scholarship (applications now closed for Sept 2024 entry)

• Shireen Abu Akleh MA Scholarship in Palestine Studies at University of Exeter 

• Goldsmiths' Humanitarian Scholarship

• Ireland-Palestine Scholarship Programme (Master's level study)

• Scholarships for Palestinians in Hungary

• Scholarships for Palestinians in Germany

• University of Padua (Italy) Students at Risk Scholarships

• Daughters for Life Foundation scholarships for women from Palestine and a few other countries in the Middle East to study in Europe/Canada

• Albukhary Foundation Scholarships (these are also open to students from Palestine, although it may not state this on the website, which hasn't been updated since Sept 2023)

• Tanya Baker-Asad Scholarship (for Palestinian women pursuing PhDs)

• Bseisu Foundation Scholarships

• Manuel Fernandez Scholarship for Girls from Gaza (this is a link to a fundraising page to generate funds for this scholarship)

• PhD scholarship in the Cultures of Palestinian Solidarity in Europe (at Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Scholarships (f2f) open to UK asylum seekers (incl. Palestinian asylum seekers)

• University of Manchester Article 26 Scholarship and also their Humanitarian Scholarship

• University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarships for Master's Programmes

• University of Leicester Sanctuary Scholarship

• University of Edinburgh's Education Beyond Borders Displaced Student Scholarships (Master's level)

• Many more UK Sanctuary Scholarships are available via the searchable Displaced Student Opportunities UK website

Scholarships (Distance Learning - open to Palestinians inside or outside UK)​

• University of Leicester ​

• University of London​

• New School of the Anthropocene

Fellowships

• Safe Haven Fellowships

• CARA fellowships for Palestinian academics

• Scholar Rescue Fund fellowships

Other initiatives (some current and some in the pipeline)​

• TESI initiative (led by An-Najah National University in the West Bank) to help Gazan students complete degrees (tesi@najah.edu)​

• Open Educational Resources (OERs) for Gaza -  a form to collate info about open ed. resources to support Gazan students to continue their studies

• OxPal initiative to support Gazan medical students to complete their studies (Dr. Shameq Sayeed: shameq.sayeed@leicester.ac.uk)​

• Twinning arrangements (via Cormack Consultancy Group)​

• Architects for Gaza are calling for the establishment of a Gaza Global University

• Gaza Educate Medics (GEM)

• Friends of Birzeit University

• Campus France (an organisation facilitating study in France from a range of countries, including the Occupied Palestinian Territories)

• Article 26 Backpack - The Universal Human Rights Tool for Academic Mobility (a way for students to safely store and share information about their educational history with universities and other organisations)

Other useful links / resources

Networks and information pages​

• Scholars for Palestine UK​

• Scholars Against the War on Palestine + Scholasticide Toolkit

• Rebuilding Hope: Birzeit University and HE in Gaza

• British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)

• UCU guide to scholarships for Palestinian students​

• UCU’s Ceasefire Now info page

• ELT Professionals for Palestine (LinkedIn, Facebook, Insta)

• Horizons Academy (a Palestinian organisation supporting Palestinian students to find scholarships)

• Association of Student Activism for Palestine -  ASAP International Students Project: provides comprehensive support to international Palestinian students in the UK, assisting with accommodation, networking, and other essential needs. Requests for scholarships or funding are not currently in scope of this initiative