Paige Neal-Holder

Dec 29, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Paige Neal-Holder |Kamilah McInnis

It's been almost two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, turning millions of lives upside down overnight. Among those affected were foreign students who were forced to flee the country, abandoning their degrees and dreams. Mary, a Nigerian medical student, was one of them. Before the war broke out Ukraine was a popular choice for international medical students, and in 2020 it was home to 80,000 foreign students, with nearly a quarter of them from Africa.

Nov 2, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Paige Neal-Holder

An award-winning poet found dead after he went missing at a music festival will receive a posthumous degree, his family has revealed. Gboyega Odubanjo, 27, was last seen at the Shambala Festival in Northamptonshire on 26 August. He was due to perform the next day but did not arrive for his set, and was discovered dead five days later. Gboyega had been studying for a PhD in creative writing at the University of Hertfordshire at the time of his death.