Some refugees have impressive qualifications and experience, but they still struggle to find work. What help is on offer to them? IN 2015, Thais Roque, an Oxford biomedical engineering PhD student, decided she ought to do something to help refugees. As a result, she set up the Oxford Students Refugee Campaign (OXSRC), which will provide scholarships for students fleeing war and persecution with funding from current Oxford students. Roque's initiative is one of several schemes and organisations that are helping refugee students, academics and professionals - including engineers - to continue their professional lives after the trauma of war and displacement.
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