Members of the Leeds Migration Research Network have written an open letter to the university’s vice-chancellor (below). The letter calls for the University to provide an effective response to the current international migrant crisis and highlights a series of priority areas. In particular it calls on the Vice Chancellor to: • establish a set of scholarships for asylum seeking students, • remove overseas charges for students in the asylum system. • deliver the aims and objectives of the Access Agreement with special reference to refugees and asylum seekers. • publicly support the Action for ESOL campaign and promote appropriate ESOL provision for adult migrants • actively encourage and resource the building of links between University Faculties and Schools and refugees charities The network want to encourage all staff and students to add their signatures to the letter to increase pressure on the university to do more. To add your name to the letter follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Tm0Q-WhOZXUBqN9GRxDPg_fIUEm7aaCY9-edXbyVzZc/viewform?c=0&w=1 OPEN LETTER FROM STAFF TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Dear Vice-Chancellor, With this letter we call for the University to provide an effective response to the current international migrant crisis and highlight a series of priority areas where we expect the VC to … continue reading