Recurso Refugee-led Management in Higher Education in Refugee Contexts: Learning from Experience in Kakuma Refugee Camp Higher education in refugee contexts has emerged in recent years as a key humanitarian-development solution. This article charts the process of developing the refugee management team and highlights 6 of their successes to date.
Blogue “A Plan beyond Survival”: Removing barriers for refugee girls and women to access higher education Rachel Samuel reflects on her educational experiences and calls for increased representation of refugee girls and women in higher education so that they can "plan beyond survival."
Notícias Les syndicats de l’éducation défendent et promeuvent les libertés académiques dans le monde ! Au niveau mondial, les libertés académiques sont en piteux état, si l’on en croit les participant·e·s à la récente Conférence internationale sur l’enseignement post-secondaire, supérieur et la recherche (IFHERC).
Recurso InZone Kakuma and Kalobeyei Higher Education Needs Assessment Using a grassroots transformative approach, this needs assessment examines the higher education needs of refugees living in Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee camp, Kenya.
Evento Rethinking Higher Education: A New Way of Learning to Become Education Above All’s Al Fakhoora programme, in partnership with UNDP, is excited to host the first educational conference of its kind, designed and led completely by students – our beneficiaries, who are directly experiencing the reality of COVID-19 as an additional challenge to the already complex situations in which they live. The conference, held on the 29th and 30th of June 2020, will include Palestinian students from Gaza and the West Bank, and Syrian refugees from across the MENA region.
Recurso Interim Guidance for Administrators of US Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) to Plan, Prepare, and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) This interim guidance is based on what is currently known about the transmission and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health officials are taking steps to prevent community spread of COVID-19 into US communities. Institutions of higher education (IHE) can play an important role in this effort.
Recurso Field Note: Access to Higher Education: Reflections on a Participatory Design Process with Refugees This field note provides insights into the implementation of a participatory design process and details the impact the participatory approach had on the design of a higher education program for refugees.
Notícias UNHCR urges more support to boost refugee access to tertiary education Only three per cent of refugees have access to higher education, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. In its “Refugee Student Voices: Refugee Students In Higher Education” report released this week, UNHCR is calling for critical support to scale up existing programs and to help secure futures.
Evento SAR 2020 Global Congress The 2020 Global Congress theme, Truth, Power & Society: The Promise of Higher Education in Challenging Times reflects three core roles of higher education: research and teaching leading to new insights and understanding, evidence-based contributions to public discourse and policy, and meaningful engagement with the broadest public good.
Recurso Connected Learning in Crisis Consortium The Connected Learning Consortium aims to promote and support the provision of quality higher education in contexts of conflict, crisis and displacement through connected learning by sharing and disseminating knowledge, experience and evidence; developing innovative and good practice; and ensuring accountability to students and their communities in order to foster self-reliance.
