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14 mars 2016

Access to higher education is key in the integration of Syrian refugees

By Brendan O’Malley – Managing Editor. This week in a Special Report on higher education for refugees, Leon Cremonini says that integration of Syrian refugees in host communities is essential because they are there for the long term – and higher education is necessary to ensure integration. Then Reva Dhingra highlights some of the serious hurdles faced by refugees in accessing higher education and the challenges of their situation after graduation, while Simon Morris-Lange and Florinda Brands say German universities are opening their doors to refugees but only a handful can be found in lecture halls because of barriers to access for asylum seekers.
The refugee theme continues in World Blog, with Hans de Wit suggesting that investing in higher education in the developing world, starting with the countries neighbouring Syria, would be a good long-term strategy for the developed world to address future illegal immigration problems at their root.
In Commentary, Peter McGrath reports that improving communication was the key concept that emerged from a recent conference of science academies from around the world, focused on science advice. Kevin Hylton says higher education in the UK has a significant problem with its colonial past, racial discrimination and their related outcomes and it is time to tackle these issues in British universities.
In a potential violation of Academic Freedom, Nick Holdsworth writes that a leading Russian historian is facing calls for a criminal investigation after defending his PhD thesis on a Red Army general who turned traitor against Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in the latter stages of World War II.
In Features, Sharon Dell looks at the thorny issues of university autonomy and transformation in South Africa, which came under scrutiny during public hearings into the Higher Education Amendment Bill.
And in a second Special Report, Munyaradzi Makoni covers the Next Einstein Forum’s Global Gathering 2016, a congress held in Senegal last week that is the first in a series that will showcase Africa’s top emerging scientists and connect them across the continent and the world. Read more...

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