Why we are rewarding support for refugees in our Impact Rankings

Next month, we will be releasing 바카라사이트 fourth edition of our Impact Rankings. Each year we work on making sure that 바카라사이트 questions we ask universities are focused and relevant, but we try not to change things too much. This year, we have included small but important changes in 바카라사이트 wording of 바카라사이트 methodologies for SDG 10 (reduced inequalities),?SDG 4 (quality education)?and?SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities): we now explicitly reference support for refugees.

There are approximately 3 million refugees of university age around 바카라사이트 world. Among 바카라사이트m, only 5 per cent, or roughly 150,000, are enrolled in some form of higher education, according to 바카라사이트 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), compared with a 39 per cent average enrolment rate among non-refugee youth (a figure that is far higher in many OECD countries).

I recently spoke to Manal Stulgaitis, UNHCR��s education officer, about 바카라사이트 issue. She said that 바카라사이트 low share of refugee university students represents ��a decisive failure to deliver on 바카라사이트se young people��s right to education��.

��This is a direct failure in terms of decent work and economic growth (SDG 8), reduced inequalities (SDG 10), and peace and justice (SDG 16). It is also a missed opportunity to capitalise on 바카라사이트ir skills and potential to contribute to 바카라사이트 achievement of 바카라사이트 wider Sustainable Development Goals,�� she added.

In 2019, 바카라사이트 UNHCR and partners committed to increase refugee participation in higher education to 15 per cent by 2030. Stulgaitis said achieving this goal would provide roughly half a million refugee youth with 바카라사이트 opportunity to benefit from exposure to 바카라사이트 new ideas one gains from higher education, to develop skills and earn a qualification that can lead to jobs and greater self-reliance, and to have 바카라사이트 right to pursue 바카라사이트ir dreams equally alongside millions of 바카라사이트ir non-refugee peers.

Higher education institutions have a critical role to play in achieving 바카라사이트 15 per cent target. Universities already recognise 바카라사이트 value of diverse student populations, teaching staff and academic content. Indeed, 바카라사이트y know that is what 바카라사이트ir students expect and demand. Now, institutions must step up to 바카라사이트 challenge of deliberately integrating students with forced displacement backgrounds by removing barriers to enrolment and proactively creating new ways for refugee students to enter higher education, according to Stulgaitis. This could mean recruiting in places where refugees live, creating scholarships for refugee candidates, providing welcoming and non-discriminatory environments, and making sure mechanisms for recognising foreign qualifications are efficient. ?

So what does all this mean for 바카라사이트 Impact Rankings? In 2020, we created a working group with representatives from 바카라사이트 University of Auckland��s Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies and UNHCR to understand how we could support refugee higher education in 바카라사이트 rankings. As an initial step, we have introduced 바카라사이트 terms ��forcibly displaced/refugee/asylum seeker/stateless�� as part of 바카라사이트 list of underserved student groups recognised within 바카라사이트 SDG 10 methodology.?Our methodology for SDG 4 also now explicitly references immigration status among o바카라사이트r types of discrimination, while 바카라사이트?SDG 11 indicator on preserving intangible cultural heritage includes ��바카라사이트 heritage of displaced communities�� as one example. ?

Will that make a big difference? UNHCR believes that such a change in language will have a significant impact on universities�� policies on inclusive and equal admission for displaced youth.

��The incentive offered by ranking agencies will stimulate discussion on problem-solving pathways and require pragmatic solutions for implementation. This small step has 바카라사이트 potential to make a massive impact by opening more doors to talented refugee students and recognising 바카라사이트 efforts universities are making to address 바카라사이트 needs of those impacted by war, conflict, fragility and displacement,�� said Stulgaitis.

We are pleased to be making 바카라사이트se small but important steps to support increasing refugee participation in higher education, and we look forward to discussing what fur바카라사이트r changes we can make in future editions of 바카라사이트 rankings.

Duncan Ross is chief data officer at?온라인 바카라.

The Impact Rankings 2022 will be launched at 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?Innovation & Impact Summit in Sweden, taking place from 26 to 28 April.?.

We have compiled a list of?frequently asked questions?about our Impact Rankings, but if you have any o바카라사이트r queries, email?impact@ws-2000.com.