Q&A with Bashir Makhoul
We speak to the Palestinian artist and pro vice-chancellor (academic portfolio and market development) at Birmingham City University
We speak to the Palestinian artist and pro vice-chancellor (academic portfolio and market development) at Birmingham City University
The UK’s first Palestinian vice-chancellor discusses proving the value of creative degrees in a hostile climate, how to internationalise rural towns and what growing up with nine siblings can teach...
The Georgetown professor of Middle East and Islamic politics talks of hating his parents’ return to Iran after the 1979 revolution – and crediting it with his life’s mission of advancing democracy...
The astronomer discusses the discovery of stars that explode as supernovae, having his work replicated in Minecraft and the importance of public understanding to astrophysics
Closing down branch campuses in countries with questionable human rights practices, or restricting student intakes from these nations, would be a grave mistake, says Bashir Makhoul