Dozens of students and scholars evacuated from Gaza have begun or are preparing to begin funded programs at UK universities after months of lobbying by British politicians and academics. The government-backed Chevening and other scholarships placed medical professionals, teachers and graduate students at institutions including Queen Mary and Durham University. Arrivals such as Abdallah and Sana el-Azab described acute trauma and disruption: Gaza’s university system has been devastated, with campuses and facilities damaged or destroyed, leaving a generation without routine education. Universities hosting evacuees are providing scholarship support, accommodation and wraparound services, while faculty and staff coordinate visas and enrollment under compressed timelines. The placements underscore higher education’s role in emergency scholarship and international mobility, but they also raise questions about long-term options for displaced students, credit transfer, and the reconstruction of higher-education systems in conflict zones.