Council For Assisting Refugee Academics
Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) is a British charitable organization dedicated to assisting academics who, for reasons including persecution and conflict, are unable to continue their research in their countries of origin. Academics are given funding and other support to relocate to the United Kingdom and/or rebuild their careers. The organization, originally named the Academic Assistance Council (AAC), was founded in 1933 to assist Jewish and other academics forced to flee the Nazi regime. It was consolidated to become the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) in 1936, and in 1999 was renamed CARA. The charity is currently based on the premises of London Southbank University and continues to provide support to academics in danger.
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