A group of 34 Palestinian students with places at UK universities have arrived to begin their studies after being evacuated from Gaza last week. The group includes members of the Chevening Scholarship, the UK government's flagship scheme for international students studying one-year master's degrees. She said she was pleased the students had arrived safely and can now pursue their studies. Politicians, academics, and others have campaigned for months on behalf of more than 100 Palestinian students in total that hold offers from UK universities this year. "Despite that, students in Gaza have shown incredible resilience and unwavering determination to pursue their studies against an appalling backdrop of death, destruction and famine."