Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunity:

Consultation: Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises: Towards a Strengthened Response, 19 January-5 February 2016 [info]
- "INEE is leading a global consultation to facilitate dialogue and collect inputs from all over the world. This consultation focuses on how to operationalise solutions toward a new platform for global EiE work." Follow link for background, key documents and information on how to participate.

Publications:

Better Together: The Impact of the Schooling System of Lebanese and Syrian Displaced Pupils on Social Stability, Background Paper (International Alert, Nov. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

DAFI: UNHCR Tertiary Education Scholarship Programme (UNHCR, 2015) [text]
- Information booklet.

"Educating Refugees: Learning the Hard Way," The Economist, 2 Jan. 2016 [text]

"German Universities Open Doors to Refugees: Access Barriers Remain," International Higher Education, no. 84 (Winter 2016) [open access]

Hearts and Classrooms Big Enough for Syria and Canada (INEE Blog, Jan. 2016) [text]
- Includes list of resources on refugee education and for teachers.

Is Education a Dead End for Syrian Refugees? (IPI Global Observatory, Jan. 2016) [text]

"Refugee Higher Education: Contextual Challenges and Implications for Program Design, Delivery, and Accompaniment," International Journal of Educational Development, vol. 46 (Jan. 2016) [full-text via ResearchGate]
- See also related Times Higher Education news story.

"The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Higher Education," International Higher Education, no. 84 (Winter 2016) [open access]

What Ministries Can Do to Protect Education from Attack and Schools from Military Use: A Menu of Actions (Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, Dec. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

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