1. Third Mission of HEI in the Migration Crisis recovering potential – building perspectives in the Federal State of Bremen / Germany
Jens Kemper
June 2017

2. In 2015 about 700.000 refugees reached Germany
Study Potential
In 2015 about refugees reached Germany
Registrated asylum seekers 2) Average numbers in percent
Level of education 1)
6-17 years
18 years and older
18-24 years
25-34 years
35-64 years
Low 36 31 26 30
Medium 42 29 32
High 13 39 37
Other 8 3
1) Low: No school or elementary school attendance. Medium: Attendance at middle or professional schools.
High: Attendance at higher secondary schools, universities or Universities of Applied Sciences.
Totals may deviate from 100% due to roundings.
2) Voluntary self-reported data of registrated asylum seekers in 2015, first instance and subsequent applications. Data may be subject to a selection bias since only 53% of all asylum seekers participated in the survey at their registration.
Source: Federal Agency of Migration and Refugees (BAMF)

3. Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 26
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free […] and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948
Nationality Luxury

4. Lisbon Convention 11.IV.1997 Article VII
Each Party shall take all feasible and reasonable steps […] to assess fairly and expeditiously whether refugees, displaced persons and persons in a refugee-like situation fulfil the relevant requirements for access to higher education, to further higher education programmes […].
Nationality Luxury

5. Academic Opportunities for Refugees
with Academic Background before 2014
in Germany

6. GF-H Federal-Funding

7. April 2014
Idea: Refugees with academic background visit regular lectures at the university and use resources.

8. Institutional Core Guiding Principles
High Quality of Teaching and Research
Practice Orientation and Commitment to Society […] The instructional staff and students of the University of Bremen must be dedicated to the fundamental values of democracy, human rights, and social justice […]
Interdisciplinary Orientation
Internationalization of Education and Research
Equal Gender Opportunity
Environmentally Sustainable Activity
Principles of Diversity-Strategy
1. As a science organisation embedded in the society the University of Bremen takes responsibilty for designing structures and institutional methods under the criteria of social diversity.

9. „IN-Touch was the best thing that happened to me in
Offers:
Use of university ressources: Library, Online / Network Account
Meet Bremen-Students
Guest-Listener
Aims:
Higher Education „First Aid“ (no credit points or degree)
Keep occupied, give sense
Learn about academic culture in Germany
Envision career directions
Win talented and ambitious young people for the university
Social Stability
Starting-Point for change of institutional policy
„IN-Touch was the best thing
that happened to me in
Germany“ Hiba, Student of Journalism
Cost:
Initially no funding – extra workload

10. Participants: Outreach: 400 until summer term 2017
800 registrations – high drop out rate
Diverse usage
Average duration of former studies per registered: 5 Semesters
= € per Head
= €
Until 2015 this educational capital was lost through systematically excluding refugees from studies.
Outreach:
Student Initiatives > Volontary Service > Intercultural Certificate
2015 joint programme of the 4 public universities in Bremen
Many similar projects at other German universities
Austrian Universities Conference adepts for whole of Austria
Presence in the media
Reaching state and federal government

11. Needs identified: Solution: Language – German C1
Qualification
Missing Documents
Organization
Finance
Solution:
Course in academic speed
Test for Academic Studies
Assesment
New Office HERE (Bremen)

12. Preparational Studies
Duration 1- 4 Semesters
German Language at Goethe-Institut Bremen / Study Skills
Minority: prep Semester + Higher Education Entrance Exam
Prep-Student status (incl. semesterticket)
June 2017: 260 Participants
ca. 60 to be reaching German C1 in June - September

13. After loss of home, family, friends, identity …
Flight  
After loss of home, family, friends, identity …
Universities  
host resources to rebuild life.
Thank You for Listening
Emo true future society