Sanaz Raji is the founder of Unis Resist Border Controls (URBC), a national campaign launched in March 2016 that works to end the hostile environment and border controls in UK higher education. Currently Sanaz is an Independent Social Research Foundation fellow at Northumbria University exploring the nexus between immigration and marketised higher education in the UK. Previously, Sanaz has written about the Iranian diaspora and Iranians online. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Red Pepper Magazine, and various academic journals and edited collections.