By Elspeth Jones and Hans de Wit. In the current debate over whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union or leave, issues concerning international students have not featured large. These temporary residents have not been seen as problematic by sections of the public keen to see a reduction in net migration and are not perceived in the same way as other ‘immigrants’. Read more...
Supreme Court Upholds Ruling Blocking Obama Immigration Plan
By Doug Lederman. Another Supreme Court ruling Thursday had much more direct relevance to higher education, but the justices also let stand a federal appeals court decision that blocked President Obama's 2014 executive actions protecting some adults who reside in the United States illegally. Read more...
Migration Agenda: Education and active participation are key pillars of the EU Action Plan on Integration
Access to them should be ensured as soon as possible. The action plan includes actions to promote online language assessment and learning for newly arrived migrants, civic education, participation of migrant children in early childhood education and care, teacher training, as well as facilitating the academic recognition of qualifications for study and work. More...
Bid to stem rise in student loans for migrant workers
By Jan Petter Myklebust. A sharp increase in the number of European Union citizens coming to Denmark to study has prompted Higher Education and Science Minister Ulla Tørnæs to look into whether the programmes on offer are “too big a draw” for foreign students and whether there are loopholes which need to be closed. Read more...
Immigrants without legal status file new suit seeking in-state tuition
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Ten immigrants who have received a reprieve from deportation filed another suit in Fulton County Superior Court Tuesday, seeking once again to force the Georgia Board of Regents to allow them to pay substantially lower in-state college tuition. More...
Helping skilled immigrants convey their credentials
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Finding work in the medical field has been impossible for Shakera Rahimi since she immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan in 2014. More...
Semaine de l’éducation des migrants
25 avril 2016 => 29 avril 2016
Où : En ligne
Lien : En savoir plus
Organisée par EPALE, Plateforme électronique pour l'éducation et la formation des adultes en Europe. Voir l'article...
EPALE Migrant Education Week
The current migration crisis has emphasised the vital role of adult education in supporting the integration and skills development of migrants across the European Union. More...
Infos migrations France : Des études aux métiers, un ajustement qui prend du temps
Par l'analyse de statistiques, le document met en avant la difficile adéquation entre les études suivies par les personnes issues de l'immigration et les emplois qu'ils exercent. Voir l'article...
Qualification, apprentissage des langues : deux premières réflexions sur l'éducation et la formation des migrants
La question de la formation des adultes migrants se focalise, dans un premier temps, sur l’apprentissage de la langue du pays d’accueil. Il semble, en effet, difficile de s’insérer, de trouver un travail et de participer à la vie citoyenne sans une maitrise de l’allemand en Allemagne, du suédois en Suède, du portugais au Portugal, etc. Voir l'article...
