Universities Urged to Offer Refugees Scholarships to Help Them Rebuild War-Torn Countries

Originally published by ABC and reprinted with permission.

Universities around the world are being urged to offer more scholarships to refugees.

At the Australian International Higher Education Conference in Hobart, attendees from more than 30 countries heard only 1 per cent of the world's 65 million refugees had a university degree.

Portuguese diplomat Helena Barroco said there was an urgent need to provide more refugees with educational opportunities. Read more.