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- NewsThe PIE News23 Jul 2026
UK unis join forces to offer study pathways for visa brake students
UK universities have launched the Mosaik Scholarship to provide alternative postgraduate pathways for students from Myanmar, Cameroon, Sudan, and Afghanistan, who are affected by the Home Office's visa restrictions introduced in March. The initiative offers online or transnational education routes, bypassing the ban on campus-based scholarships like Chevening, and aims to support around 50 students through partnerships with humanitarian networks.
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The universities have committed places through the Mosaik Scholarship, a new initiative providing alternative pathways to UK postgraduate education for students affected by the Home Office’s “visa brake” introduced in March. It followed rising concerns over asylum claims made by international students, with the government claiming that students from Myanmar, Cameroon, Sudan and Afghanistan were proportionally the worst culprits and pausing study visa applications from these nations. The policy prevented students from the four countries from accessing UK campus-based scholarships, including the Chevening program , through which around 50 students from these communities previously accessed postgraduate study each year. So far, 19 funded places have been secured through commitments from King’s College London, the University of London, the University of Leicester, the University of Northampton, the University of St Andrews, Cardiff University, Birkbeck, University of London, the University of Salford and Aberystwyth University, in partnership with Higher Ed Partners UK. All programs will be delivered through online or transnational education (TNE) routes, currently the only available pathways for new students from the affected countries to gain a UK degree. The initiative has been coordinated through the Global Response Platform, a sector-wide collaboration led by Mosaik Education that connects UK universities with humanitarian networks supporting displaced and crisis-affected students. Through the platform, universities receive support identifying and selecting students, as well as coordinating with partners in affected regions, including UNHCR India, Prospect Burma and Open Dreams in Cameroon. Further university commitments are expected later in 2026, with the initiative aiming to support around 50 students overall. Ben Webster, CEO of Mosaik Education, said the collaboration demonstrated how the sector could respond collectively when traditional routes to education w