Refugees and displaced people: what role can Open Universities play? Dr. Liz Marr EADTU summit, 15 th April 2016.

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Refugees and displaced people: what role can Open Universities play? Dr. Liz Marr EADTU summit, 15 th April 2016

Each day, the role of the teacher is reinforced and its importance confirmed as the world questions what future we want for our children 2

Syrian Refugee crisis data Breakdown of registered refugees per country (in region): Turkey: 2,715,789 Lebanon: 1,067,785 Jordan: 636,040 Iraq: 246,051 (almost all in Kurdistan) Egypt: 118,512 Libya: 28,027 In camps: 490,869 Out of camps: 4,321,335 Estimated 6.5m IDPs in Syria Estimated 1.7m IDPs in camps or collective centres (in Damascus and Latakia) 3

Stranded migrants and refugees As of 07/04/16 : 57,812 stranded migrants and refugees in Greece, fYROM, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Hungary Of 736 Syrians interviewed in Greece in February 16: 27% of all respondents are students, 14% over 18 who are students 4 Country Number of stranded people Greece53,063 fYROM1,151 Serbia932 Croatia111 Slovenia365 Bulgaria972 Hungary1,218

3RP NLG - No Lost Generation New phase of the NLG aims to improve quality formal and non-formal learning opportunities for children and young people in the refugee host countries. This will be achieved by: ● Scaling up equitable access to education in formal and non-formal settings. ● Increasing demand for learning by engaging families and communities in the education of their children. ● Improving the quality and relevance of education. ● Strengthening national and sub-national education systems, including recognition and accreditation of formal and non-formal learning. 5

Why should HE matter? 6 ‘Education strengthens the ties which bind people, takes the fear out of difference and encourages tolerance’ Baroness Kennedy, Learning Works, 1998

What are the barriers to HE access for refugees ● Location and geography – in-country displacement, in camps, in Europe ● Infrastructures ● Lack of stability ● Trauma, ill health, disability ● Money and employment ● Prior attainment 7

How can Open Universities help? ● Providing: ● Mobile learning ● Flexibility ● Scalability ● Open access and inclusion at core of missions ● To support: ● young students who missed secondary education ● students who were in the middle of a university study ● professionals who need conversion courses to find work now ● pathways into other universities in Europe and in the region ● specific education to rebuild the country ● platforms/connections across Europe for diaspora to discuss educational futures ● centres of excellence around specific subjects 8

Language Skills and Progression to HE ● The Open University UK is working with The British Council to deliver academic programmes to displaced Syrian refugees who have temporarily settled in Jordan ● BC provide coaching, study skills, an English Language programme and BC Online Academic Readiness Course ● Students who reach required standards in English will be able to register on a OU course, others will be offered study through Arabic courses. All levels of qualification will be encouraged (Degrees, Diplomas etc) ● MOOCs and other OERs will be made available to assist with readiness to study ● Credit must be transferrable to other providers 9

Study Model Credit for previous HE study can be transferred in 10

Teacher Education Through OERS and mobile devices development/ido-africa/TESSA Provides adaptable OERs which can be downloaded onto mobile devices to support teacher education and class room development

The EADTU Proposition ● Need for a specific long term cohesive cross sectoral European strategy to develop HE for refugees and displaced persons which: ● Provides access to free courses for HE preparation, OERS, MOOCs, BOCs ● Provides access to European language courses ● Provides short, accredited conversion courses to meet European qualification equivalences ● Provides short learning programmes which can be used as stepping stones into HE or as building blocks for qualifications ● Provides vocational study programmes to support transition into employment in areas of skills gaps ● Provides access to flexible degree and higher level study options ● And does all this through flexible study modes, using mobile technologies, study centres in camps and trained support workers. 12