18 January 2023

Thematic Focus: Education

Blog posts:

Refugee education: Key tensions and opportunities (Education Plus Development Blog, Dec. 2022) [text]

Reports:

Access to Educational Services in Cox’s Bazar during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Use of Educational Services by ‘Rohingya Refugees’ and the Host Community, Policy Brief, no. 20 (PRIO, 2022) [text]

A longitudinal research on the access to face-to-face education for refugee children during and post covid-19 period (Turkish Red Crescent, Dec. 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]
- Follow link for report in English and Turkish.

Returning to School or Dropping Out after the COVID-19 Closure? Survey Evidence from Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Bangladesh, Policy Brief, no. 19 (PRIO, 2022) [text]

Journal articles:

"Child friendship patterns at a refugee center in Greece," Frontiers in Education, 4 Jan. 2023 [open access]
- "This study examines the patterns of friendship formation among newly arrived refugee adolescents and highlights the impact of schooling on relational inclusion, even at highly segregated accommodation structures, such as remote refugee camps."

"Data from the Panel Study ‘Refugees in the German Educational System (ReGES)’," Journal of Open Psychology Data, vol. 11, no. 1 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

"Framing the education for gifted Lebanese and gifted refugees in Lebanon," Frontiers in Psychology, 13 Dec. 2022 [open access]

"Gifted education in Lebanon: Re-examining the role of educational and learning capitals," Cogent Education, vol. 9, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Increasing access to education for refugees in Uganda," Law, Democracy & Development, vol. 25, no. 1 (2021) [open access]

"Refugees’ aspirations, attitudes, and experiences of higher education and professional life in Sweden," Social Sciences & Humanities Open, vol. 7, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"'We would love to, but…'—needs in school integration from the perspective of refugee children, their parents, peers, and school staff," International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Latest Articles, 11 April 2022 [open access]
- Focuses on Croatia.

Resources:

Displaced Student Opportunities UK (Refugee Education UK, Student Action for Refugees & Universities of Sanctuary) [access]
- "A comprehensive source of information about accessing higher education for people who are displaced in the UK." Types of opportunities include scholarships, English language classes, small grants, preparing for university (e.g., mentorships, student support services, etc.). Note: Visit UNHCR's  Scholarship Opportunities for Refugees platform for information on opportunities available in other countries. 

Hub for European Refugee Education (HERE) (Univ. of Nottingham) [access]
- "Provides a central reference point for information relating to refugee education throughout Europe in the form of a curated, searchable database of academic and non-academic resources on refugee education from across the continent, published since 2015."

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