Special Focus on Refugees - Call to Action in Response to the Refugee Crisis

This issue is fully devoted to the presentation of IAU projects and initiatives. It focuses specifically on the preparations for the IAU 15th General Conference; provides a full report of the outcomes of the IAU 2015 International Conference and details results and opportunities linked to the IAU key thematic priorities of work. As well please read about the new Members welcomed since October ; read the papers selected for two dossiers, one on The blurring divide between public and private higher education: where does it lead?, with papers from Pakistan, France, Saudi Arabia and the US and the second on the initiatives developed to assist Refugees wishing to integrate higher education. IAU Horizons, vol.21, no.3.
Call to Action in Response to the Refugee Crisis
There are numerous initiatives being put in place at various levels of action to respond to the humanitarian crisis of refugees fleeing their homes to seek security and peace elsewhere. Higher Education institutions and their organizations are also mobilizing. We are pleased to share a few such initiatives, some linked to the UN Global Compact here: www.unprme.org/resource-docs/MobilizingAcademicCommunityActionToRefugeeCrisis.pdf, others to the UN more directly here: https://business.un.org/; or in Europe: www.resettlement. eu/page/supporting-refugeesaccess-higher-education. The European University Association (EUA) developed a portal to map initiatives developped by European higher education institutions to assist refugees. This portal can be accessed online at: www.eua.be/activitiesservices/ eua-campaigns/refugees-welcome-map. More in IAU Horizons, vol.21, no.3.