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Intensive language-learning and refugee success in Germany

Kurdish refugee turned Cambridge University professor Caucher Birkar, with his Fields Medal for Mathematics

In the German city of Heidelberg, a group of migrants is on track to enrol in one of the country’s most prestigious universities, thanks to an intensive language program.


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By Abbie O'Brien

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In the German city of Heidelberg, a group of migrants is on track to enrol in one of the country’s most prestigious universities, thanks to an intensive language program.



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