By . In a time of unprecedented pressure to tackle the migration challenge, the demand for an effective and sustainable approach to screening, evaluating and recognising refugees' qualifications is at the forefront of political agendas in many countries. Also in this blog post, check out the very first passport to be issued via the programme, and learn more about the woman who received it. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Leveraging Technology to Build Literacy Among Millions of Displaced Children and Those with Disabilities
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Overview of work by All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD), a partnership of USAID, World Vision, and the Australian Government. Key innovations included: EduApp4Syria, " open source smartphone-based learning games to help Syrian refugee children learn to read in Arabic"; "a pilot project that provides Indian students who are blind or low vision with mother tongue reading materials through Bookshare". More...
“The European Minority Rights and Minority Protection Regime” is the title of the ECMI seminar taught jointly by the ECMI team. The Seminar addresses aspects of minority history and politics as well as social and cultural issues and emerging new challenges to minority protection. More...
By Natalie Marsh. The University of East London will launch two courses to help refugees prepare for university study, it has announced, as part of a collaborative project with two other universities in Europe. More...
By Roger Chao Jr and Stig Arne Skjerven. At a time when issues related to refugees and the integration of immigrants are becoming key policy questions across different countries and regions, the international community needs to focus on establishing guidelines and support for refugee and immigrant education. More...
Sur le blog de Michel Abhervé pour Alternatives économiques. Depuis le 6 mars dernier, la Mission locale de Paris accueille 20 jeunes réfugiés dans le dispositif Garantie Jeunes. Voir l'article...
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Then when war broke out in Syria in 2011, he was forced to flee his hometown of Kobane for Lebanon, where he tried once again to get a university degree - this time juggling four jobs to pay for his tuition and make ends meet. More...
Nearly 15,000 Syrians are enrolled in Turkish universities as of the 2016-17 academic year and they are among 3 million Syrians currently in Turkey to “continue living in a humane way”, reports Hurriyet Daily News. More...
Techno-News Blog. How best to offer education to displaced people? An important question and one that Kiron, a German non-profit, has attempted to answer with their two-year, refugee-targeted, online education programme. The proliferation of the internet has given rise to online learning platforms all over the world – take a look at MOOC-list for an idea of just what, and how much of it, is out there. More...
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