You ’d have to have a pretty hard gist to not empathize with the troth of refugees . No one choose to become one ; through economical hardship , military fight , civil warfare , and evenclimate change , people run a risk their lives on a daily groundwork totry to reacha safe , take land . Many are snuff it at sea or , as was infamously depicted on theUS - Mexico border , seeing their children taken away from them .
That ’s why the actions of the official Twitter chronicle of a British university , in the expression of all this horror , is so welcome .
Back in mid - June , the University of Reading announced that it was going to give scholarships to refugee based in the urban center . Developed in partnership with the Reading Refugee Support Group and the Reading University Students ’ Union , the aim is to hand out 14 scholarships , which include several covering tuition fees , and some that boost or entirely cover the tutorship and maintenance cost for foundation , undergraduate and grad student taught study .
Prof. Robert Van de Noort , the pro - vice - chancellor of the university , said in apress releasethat “ universities are places for people from all over the human beings and from all walking of aliveness . We receive to read those fleeing ferocity and persecution in their own countries and we value the contribution those assay sanctuary can make to the University and the town in oecumenical . ”
It ’s voiceless to imagine that anyone would disagree with this dodging and the motivation and sentiment behind it , but somehow , hoi polloi did . Although it ’s not really visible on Twitter , the university is tell to have received some " negative feedback " , the contents of which we can onlydread to imagine .
To which , the University of Reading tweeted the following :
Obviously , that ’s on the button the response we need . Some people have bizarrelytaken offenseat the enjoyment of the phrase “ jog on , ” noting that they would n’t use that type of spoken communication . It ’s a Britishism , so if you ’re reading about this across the pool or elsewhere , let me translate that for you : “ square up on ” essentially means “ get lost ” , “ go out ” or , if you ’re feel particularly aggrieved , “ lie with off . ”
The response to the university , quite justifiedly , has been overpoweringly positive . Other institutions , include the University of York , have offered their support , as have alumni of the university .
Several university , including York and Bristol University , signal out to those asking that they ’ve got standardised system already up and running .
Equal access to education – irrespective of sex , sex , socio - economic background , ethnicity , country of nascence , and so on – is a human right hand with incalculable benefits . refugee are no different . If you ’ve got a moment at some point today , broadcast theUniversity of Readingsome digital love .
