The Research Committee (Special Account for Research Funds) of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in the framework of the project “Scholarship grant for a researcher at risk” funded by the Research Committee and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with Academic Head, Assoc. Prof. Alexandros Triantafyllidis, invites candidates to submit application for one research position for an at risk (...)

  Scholars at Risk's Advocacy Insider is a monthly summary of actions, reported threats, and media on academic freedom worldwide. Have a question or want to get involved in SAR's advocacy work? Email us at scholarsatrisk@nyu.edu.       Save Professor G.N. (...)

        Donate today, and support SAR's mission to safeguard and promote academic freedom worldwide.  February 12 - 18, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, (...)

This vision builds on EUA’s work with its members over the last 20 years. It was endorsed by all national rectors’ conferences at the EUA Council on 29 January 2021.

        Donate today, and support SAR's mission to safeguard and promote academic freedom worldwide.  February 5 - 11, 2021 Scholars at Risk monitors reports of threats to academic freedom and higher education communities worldwide, including media articles, (...)

The Magna Charta Observatory of fundamental values and rights has international responsibility for overseeing the Magna Charta Universitatum – an internationaldeclaration and affirmation of fundamental principles upon which the conduct and mission of universities should be based. As the Ionian University is a signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum (MCU) we would like to share with you a (...)

Protests at Istanbul's Bosphorus University against a rector appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have led to harsh crackdowns. The president fears a second Gezi Park movement.

The success stories of Turkish Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar and the Turkish couple who developed a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus demonstrate that Turks are capable of spectacular achievements—provided they conduct their academic careers in the free world, not in a country strangled by an increasingly Islamist regime.

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Scholars at Risk's Advocacy Insider is a monthly summary of actions, reported threats, and media on academic freedom worldwide.

SAR NEWSLETTER January 22 - 28, 2021

SAR NEWSLETTER January 15 - 21, 2021

By decision of the Senate, the Ionian University joined Scholars at Risk (SAR), a network of more than 400 Higher Education Institutions from 39 countries aimed at protecting threatened academics, preventing attacks on higher education and promoting academic freedom.