Countries need higher education to rebuild after conflict – study finds foreign aid isn’t going where it’s needed

By Savo Heleta, Researcher, Nelson Mandela University
Logan Cochrane, Associate Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Higher education institutions are frequent casualties in violent conflicts. In Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan, to mention only a few recent examples, university campuses have been bombed. Academics, staff and students have been killed, injured or displaced. Teaching, learning and research have been undermined or come to a halt.

Higher education plays a critical…

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