14 December 2023

Thematic Focus: Education

Short pieces:

Former refugee wins global Nansen award for championing education for displaced children (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]

Getting degrees recognized helps refugees follow their dreams in Brazil (UNHCR, Dec. 2023) [text]

Higher education can be elusive for asylum-seekers and immigrants (The Conversation, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the US.

Reports: 

Building inclusive education systems for refugees (UNESCO, UNICEF & UNHCR, 2023) [text]
- See also video recording and slides of related webinar.

Education in Eastern Chad: Needs and Opportunities for Refugees and Host Communities (Norwegian Refugee Council, Nov. 2023) [text]

Ending Statelessness for Displaced Children: Impact on Early Childhood Education, Working Paper No. 401 (iFo, Aug. 2023) [text]

Enhancing Education Opportunities (UNHCR, Nov. 2023) [text]
- Focuses on the UK.

Including Refugee Learners in National Education Systems (UNICEF, Dec. 2023) [text]

Learning is a Lifeline: Access to Education for Refugee Children in Kenya (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Nov. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Paving pathways for inclusion (UNESCO & UNHCR, 2023) [access]
- "UNESCO and UNHCR have collaborated to identify gaps and highlight enabling and constraining factors for inclusion through a comprehensive analysis of data and policies in the top 35 low- and middle-income refugee-hosting countries and seven in-depth country case studies." Follow link to access two reports, one on evidence-based policy-making for refugee education and the other a global overview of refugee education data. Two databases that formed the basis for these reports can also be accessed via the a/m link. Case studies and background papers for Chad, Colombia, Ecuador, Jordan, Pakistan, Peru and Uganda are also available.

The right to higher education for refugees and forcibly displaced people: Briefing note compendium (UNESCO, 2023) [text]
- Compilation of nine briefing notes.

Journal articles, book chapters & dissertations:

"Humanizing Education for Immigrant & Refugee Youth," Educação & Realidade, vol. 48 (2023) [open access]
- Focuses on Brazil.

"Introduction: education and migration as a field of research," Chapter in Research Handbook on Migration and Education (Edward Elgar, Dec. 2023) [free full-text]

Journal on Education in Emergencies, vol. 9, no. 1 (2023) [contents]
- Note: This is for information purposes only; the complete text of this open access journal issue has not yet been posted!

Learning to navigate 'unsettlement': young refugees' (re-)engagement with post-15 education in Greece, Dissertation (Univ. of Oxford, 2023) [text]

"Social Emotional Learning with Refugees in East Africa: Understandings, Implementation, and Impact," Current Issues in Comparative Education, vol. 25, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"The Time Politics of Refugee Resettlement and Higher Education in the United States," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 39, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

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