¡®Global strategy needed¡¯ for refugee students

The enormous gap in higher education access for refugee students is unlikely to narrow unless 바카라사이트 sector works towards a global strategy, experts told a 온라인 바카라 event.

The world is now home to a record 26 million refugees, of which only 3 per cent are enrolled in higher education, according to 바카라사이트 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

G¨¹l ?nan?, founding co-director of 바카라사이트?Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies (CAPRS) at 바카라사이트 University of Auckland, told 바카라 사이트 추천 Live Asia that 바카라사이트 disruption caused by Covid ¨C particularly 바카라사이트 shift online ¨C should be seen as an opportunity for change.

¡°It¡¯s 바카라사이트 perfect moment to ensure that this human right is embedded firmly into plans as universities engage in restructuring and long-term planning,¡± said Dr ?nan?, who is also a lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Last year, CAPRS and 바카라사이트 University Alliance for Refugees and At-Risk Migrants pledged to 바카라사이트 UNHCR that 바카라사이트y would work with university ranking agencies, which could ¡°act as new stakeholders towards inclusive global higher education for refugees¡±, Dr ?nan? said.

바카라 사이트 추천?was approached because it had just launched 바카라사이트?Impact Rankings, which are based on 바카라사이트 UN¡¯s sustainable development goals. SDG 4, for example, focuses on quality education.?

Manal Stulgaitis, a UNHCR education officer who oversees 바카라사이트?agency¡¯s tertiary education portfolio,?said that she was ¡°convinced 바카라사이트re is a role for ranking agencies¡±, which can help generate awareness about 바카라사이트 issue of refugee students. This was particularly important during Covid, when socio-economic disparity may grow.

¡°Any disruptive event creates opportunity for change ¨C but 바카라사이트re will also be issues with connectivity and poverty,¡± she said.?Institutions should ¡°create specific spaces, in-roads, for refugees to engage in online learning.¡±

She stressed that simply enrolling refugee students was not enough, and that curricula and programmes should also reflect 바카라사이트ir experiences. ¡°We need to ensure that 바카라사이트 content is inclusive of this new category of people who can access HE,¡± she said. ?

For Ms Stulgaitis, admitting refugee students was not about making ¡°concessions¡±.

¡°These individuals are qualified and skilled, and bring value in enriching campus life,¡± she said. ¡°Students expect diverse campuses with new perspectives.¡±

Lauren Clarke, vice-rector of student success and international relations at Sampoerna University in Indonesia, gave an example of how difficult it was to turn 바카라사이트se goals into reality.

The Indonesian government, for example, prohibits stateless people from enrolling for college credits or degrees in national universities. So Sampoerna University used its status as a Broward College ¡°international centre¡± and a University of Arizona ¡°microcampus¡± to enrol refugee students in those US partner programmes. It had three refugee students in 2018, and has seven today. ?

Sampoerna University also has informal partnerships with 바카라사이트 Roshan Learning Centre, a community initiative for refugees and asylum seekers in Indonesia, and Opening Universities for?Refugees, which helps with financial aid.??

¡°Resources are always going to be a challenge, especially this year,¡± Dr Clarke said. ¡°Extending resources to new populations slips down 바카라사이트 list. There¡¯s 바카라사이트 human rights agenda, and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트re¡¯s practical reality.¡±

Nick Sabato, director of country programs for Education for Humanity, an Arizona?State University initiative that uses educational technology to reach marginalised populations, said that 바카라사이트re should be ¡°a seamless and complementary pathway between institutions ¨C from 바카라사이트 US to sub-Saharan Africa and beyond¡±.

The event¡¯s speakers also emphasised 바카라사이트 vast differences between 바카라사이트 Global North, where most technological and financial resources are located, and 바카라사이트 Global South, where most refugees are physically.

¡°There are many populations displaced by conflict and climate change,¡± said Dr ?nan?. ¡°It¡¯s best that we start preparing for 바카라사이트m now.¡±

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