Islam says the time she spent abroad was essential to her academic research. Islam found out about the rejection last week and decided to speak out about her case by posting on Twitter. Outrage about the decision spread quickly among the academic community, and by Monday, the open letter had garnered more than 1,000 signatures. Harriet Truscott, a spokeswoman for Newnham College, Cambridge, where Islam studies, issued a similar warning. “Without talented academics like Dr. Islam, the University of Cambridge would not be a global leader in research,” she said.

Source: bd News24 November 12, 2019 21:37 UTC