Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. The world is currently facing a worsening refugee crisis, where roughly 1.1 million people, who fled their homes due to violence, drought and food insecurity, are needed to be relocated this year. More...
The disaster agency’s chair also provided information on a newly established database used to keep track of Syrian students called the Foreign Student Information Operating System (YÖBİS). Accordingly, information on how and where each student is receiving education is followed via the system. More...
By Paul O'Keeffe. As higher education claims its place among the international mechanisms put forward to achieve better and deeper development, it is important to acknowledge that it has a long history of helping societies strive for a better future. From the influence of German and French scholars arriving at New York’s New School in the 1930s and ‘40s to the central role that higher education played in Europe’s postwar development success, higher education has proved itself to be a force for shaping the world for the better. More...
Les contenus de FUN vont désormais enrichir l’offre de ressources éducatives mises à disposition gratuitement par Kiron via sa plateforme. Cet accord est clé pour structurer les futures coopérations de Kiron avec les établissements d’enseignement supérieur français et faciliter leur ouverture à des étudiants réfugiés.
Au-delà de la mise à disposition gratuite de contenus pédagogiques en ligne, l’ONG Kiron - qui se définit elle-même comme « l’université gratuite en ligne pour les réfugiés » - se donne pour mission de faciliter l’accès des réfugiés à l’enseignement supérieur dans les pays d’accueil, voie privilégiée pour une meilleure intégration économique et sociale. Voir l'article...
Pour faciliter l’intégration des étudiants réfugiés, syriens mais pas seulement, Campus France leur porte une attention toute particulière en s’associant à de nombreuses initiatives au sein des établissements d’enseignement supérieur français, européens et dans la région d’origine des étudiants. Voir l'article...
By Jeannie Rea. The Kobanê Residential School for Orphans project is sponsored by the Kurdish Association of Victoria and Australians for Kurdistan. More...
By Jeannie Rea. Last year, human displacement hit an all-time high with a staggering 60 million people forcibly displaced from their homes. The UNHCR calculates that one in every 122 people is now a refugee, asylum seeker or internally displaced person. More...
By Natalie Marsh. Syrian refugees in Canada will soon be able to obtain recognition for their academic credentials in a pilot phase of a new initiative from US-based World Education Services to create an alternative credential assessment system. More...
Inspiring practice number 6 - HTW Berlin and the Campus Refugee Help Movement
History takes a while to happen, and then quite some time to figure out. On the refugee crisis, Europe is still years and years from the rear view mirror stage.
This week we look at the students of the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin (HTW Berlin) who certainly contribute to history. Through the flagship project of their own initiative called "HTW Is Helping!", students have been supporting refugees for several months already with the support of Welcome, a national scheme set up by Germany’s Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). More...
It is not easy to find one’s way around in a foreign country. Refugees and asylum seekers in Germany have different ways of gaining initial practical experience in the labour market. Many initiatives, chambers and associations, as well as businesses, provide local career guidance. More...
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