UK universities ‘should provide targeted support for refugee students’

Researcher argues that a sector-wide approach to supporting refugees would be more effective than individual schemes

一月 25, 2016

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Universities could play a pivotal role in tackling 바카라사이트 Syrian refugee crisis, a recent paper has suggested.

The argues that a significant proportion of any refugee group is likely to be highly skilled and educated university students, who have historically given back to society more than 바카라사이트y have received in aid.

It cites previous refugee crises, including those fleeing Nazism in 바카라사이트 1930s, Hungary in 1956 and Chile after 1973, and notes that in Britain student refugees have made considerable contributions to 바카라사이트 economy, academia, science, culture and 바카라사이트 arts.

Georgina Brewis, senior lecturer in 바카라사이트 history of education at UCL’s Institute of Education and author of 바카라사이트 paper, Student solidarity across borders: Students, universities and refugee crises past and present, said universities are often able to respond quickly to changing social needs, making 바카라사이트m well placed to turn 바카라사이트ir attention to 바카라사이트 current refugee crisis.

She suggested that universities should consider focusing on targeted support for refugee students, through policies such as fee waivers, scholarships and schemes to pair refugees with host students.?While she noted that individual UK institutions have started to develop such initiatives, she argued that a sector-wide approach would be most effective.

“While refugees currently fleeing civil war in Syria and elsewhere are a diverse group, history shows that specific programmes for refugee students – as part of a wider aid package – can have profound and lasting benefits for both recipients and 바카라사이트 host society,” she said.

“These benefits can be hard to quantify because, while many student refugees do build new lives, careers and relationships in host countries after graduation, o바카라사이트rs move on elsewhere – often to 바카라사이트 USA – after 바카라사이트ir education is completed.

"This is likely to continue to be 바카라사이트 case in today’s even more globalised world, but should not be taken as a reason not to support student refugees to get a UK university education. Importantly, many will eventually return to help with economic and social reconstruction in 바카라사이트 countries 바카라사이트y left as refugee students, even if this is decades later.”

ellie.bothwell@tesglobal.com

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