{"id":56784,"date":"2025-12-18T14:43:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/?p=56784"},"modified":"2026-01-01T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T15:22:26","slug":"cardiff-university-makes-ties-with-universities-in-war-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffstudentmedia.co.uk\/gairrhydd\/news\/cardiff-university-makes-ties-with-universities-in-war-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff University Makes Ties with Universities in War Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"56784\" class=\"elementor elementor-56784\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a0932ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"14294\" data-id=\"4a0932ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c6d0868\" data-eae-slider=\"35645\" data-id=\"1c6d0868\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dec1cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dec1cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Kani Abdullah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff University has taken an important step forward in the\u00a0current educational and political\u00a0landscape, strengthening academic collaboration with Palestinian institutions. Is this signalling a commitment\u00a0to global engagement and educational\u00a0 solidarity?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff University, along with the Arab American University of Palestine (AAUP), has offered educational aid to\u00a0medical students in Palestine by signing a Memorandum of Understanding\u00a0(MoU).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The aim of this is to hope that the\u00a0 medical students can complete their\u00a0studies in times of a genocide. Essentially, the MoU is a way to add AAUP\u00a0onto Cardiff University\u2019s \u201cConflict\u00a0and Catastrophe Route\u201d for overseas\u00a0medical students. There has been a\u00a0similar success in Cardiff\u2019s partnership\u00a0with National University Zaporizhzhia\u00a0Polytechnic in Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This program is designed to help\u00a0 Ukraine\u2019s universities to make it through war and come out stronger\u00a0so they can play an important part in rebuilding the country afterwards.\u00a0Cardiff University are aiming to show\u00a0their ongoing commitment to supporting education worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>AAUP is facing serious challenges\u00a0that could interrupt the education of\u00a0entire year groups of medical students\u00a0due to the conflict in the region. The\u00a0pro vice-chancellor for the College of\u00a0 Biomedical and Life Sciences at Cardiff University, Steve Riley, said \u201cThe\u00a0potential impact that conflict can have\u00a0on education is profound. It becomes\u00a0 particularly acute when a delay in the\u00a0training of medical students could potentially mean life or death for some\u00a0communities. As a global university,\u00a0I\u2019m confident that offering educational\u00a0aid where we can via our \u201cConflict and\u00a0 Catastrophe Route\u201d is the right thing to\u00a0do, both for AAUP and other educational institutions caught up in conflict zones around the world\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The president of AAUP, Dr Bara Asfour said \u201cwe are delighted to\u00a0deepen our partnership with Cardiff University. This agreement will provide our students and faculty with\u00a0unique opportunities to collaborate\u00a0internationally, exchange knowledge,\u00a0 and make impactful contributions to\u00a0global research\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The MoU will attempt to set up\u00a0a structure that allows both sides to\u00a0 look into working together. This can\u00a0include joint research, student and staff\u00a0exchanges, and sharing or creating academic materials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The collaboration certainly seems\u00a0 to be a successful decision, one that\u00a0students have been protesting for\u00a0 the university to begin to involve\u00a0 themselves in. 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