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Global responsibility sharing for refugee education: what is a “fair share”?

by Ruth Naylor | Jun 5, 2024 | Education and Migration

In a previous blog about refugee education, I concluded that: “since the returns on investments in refugee education are global, investment in the recurrent costs of refugee education should be shared by the global community.” Read More

Day-to-day interactions: Contextualising the barest minimum for foundational learning for young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK

by Hammed Kayode Alabi | Nov 20, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Migration, Learning

At the UKFIET conference, I presented my paper “My Foundation Starts Here: What Foundational Learning Means for Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers”, It was an opportunity to reflect on what foundational learning means for young people who have fled war or persecution and found themselves in the UK. Read More

Seeking sustainable solutions in refugee education: who pays?

by Ruth Naylor | Oct 24, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Aid and Finance

Inclusion of refugees in national education systems is seen by UNHCR, and many others, as the most sustainable solution for protecting refugees’ right to education. But when a low-income country is faced with a sudden influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees, accommodating them in national schools can be a… Read More

We must do better by young refugees

by Ritesh Shah | Aug 8, 2022 | Conflict, Crisis and Emergency

More than 40 percent of the world’s refugees are children and young people under 18 and without education their future is bleak. Ritesh Shah explains why we need to move past 'West is best' in serving them. Read More

Creating empathic leaders in post-conflict Iraq

by Joel David Bond | Jan 20, 2022 | Education and Conflict

According to the UNHCR, a full 1% of the world’s population has been displaced as refugees and asylum seekers. That equates to roughly 78 million people who have fled their homes due to conflict, and the global refugee crisis is only growing. Read More

Access to and learning outcomes from early childhood education: equity considerations for refugees and non-refugees in Uganda

by Bea Simpson, Mary Goretti Nakabugo and Ricardo Sabates | Oct 8, 2021 | 2021 UKFIET Conference, Early Childhood

This blog was written by Bea Simpson, PhD (Education) student at the University of Cambridge; Mary Goretti Nakabugo (PhD), Executive Director of Uwezo Uganda; and Ricardo...

Learning Ecosystems: Reimagining Higher Education Access for Refugees

by Maiya Hershey and Harry Haynes | Sep 23, 2021 | Higher Education, Learning

This blog was written by Maiya Hershey and Harry Haynes (British Council), and Ben Webster (Mosaik Education). In dealing with refugee crises, an important but sometimes...

Mind the gap in refugee education: where are all the girls?

by Ruth Naylor | Jun 23, 2021 | Education and Migration, Girls' Education

This blog was written by Ruth Naylor, Lead Advisor, Research with the Education Development Trust. It was originally published on the Education Development Trust website on 21...

The role of the G7 in getting education back on track

by Anna Darling | May 12, 2021 | Learning

This article was written by Anna Darling, Education Policy and Advocacy Adviser, Plan International UK. It was originally published on the BOND website on 16 April 2021. Covid-19...

The student is not the object of the verb to teach, but the subject of the verb to learn: What’s working in English language teaching for refugees?

by Hannah Gaffey | Feb 25, 2021 | Learning

This blog post was written by Hannah Gaffey, Communications Consultant at Mosaik Education. How do you maintain conversational language learning with refugee students when the...

One year on from the Global Refugee Forum, progress on education for refugees is under threat by COVID-19

by Emma Wagner | Jan 21, 2021 | COVID-19, Education and Migration

This blog was written by Emma Wagner, Senior Education Policy and Advocacy Adviser at Save the Children. It was originally published on the INEE website on 12 January 2021. The...

Resilience in the Face of Uncertainty: New Research on Early Childhood Services for Refugee Children and Families

by Katherine Merseth King | Aug 25, 2020 | Early Childhood, Education and Migration

This article was written by Katherine Merseth King, Director Early Childhood Development, RTI International. It was originally published on the RTI International website on 29...