Manar al-Houbi, a Gaza-based PhD scholar awarded a full scholarship to the University of Glasgow through the Council for At Risk Academics (Cara), said her husband and children were denied UK entry despite the scholarship covering tuition and living costs. The refusal leaves an international scholar separated from dependents and spotlights visa and resettlement barriers for researchers from conflict zones, with implications for universities recruiting at-risk academics and their obligations under sponsorship schemes.