Event 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.
Resource 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.
Resource الوصول إلى التعليم العالي: أفكار حول عملية تصميم تشاركية مع اللاجئين تعرض هذه المذكرة نظرة متعمقة حول تنفيذ العملية القائمة على المشاركة وتفاصيل تأثير النهج القائم على المشاركة على تصميم برامجنا.
Resource 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.
Resource Acceso a la enseñanza superior: reflexiones sobre un proceso de diseño participativo con los refugiados Esta nota aporta nuevas percepciones sobre la puesta en práctica del proceso participativo y detalla el impacto que el enfoque participativo tuvo en el diseño de nuestros programas.
Resource L'accès à l'enseignement supérieur : réflexions sur un processus de conception participative avec les réfugiés Cette note donne un aperçu de la mise en œuvre du processus participatif et détaille l'impact de l'approche participative sur la conception de nos programmes. Enfin, nous soulignons la nécessité de stratégies de recrutement équilibrées entre les sexes et réfléchissons à la manière dont la conception du processus participatif a profité aux participants et à l'organisation initiatrice.
Resource Acesso ao Ensino Superior: Reflexões sobre um Processo de Conceção Participativa com as pessoas Refugiadas Esta nota fornece informações sobre a implementação do processo participativo e detalha o impacto que a abordagem participativa teve na conceção dos nossos programas.
News 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.
Event 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.
Resource 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.
