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Refugee Studies: No atonement for the failure of politics
Policy makers’ interests can be diametrically opposed to those of refugees. Academic research offers important space to step back from the emergency and think beyond the narrow confines of the politically possible, argues Katy Long for Refugee Week.
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Indefinite strike at Lambeth College as the Cinderella sector is squeezed out again
A rolling strike at a London college is part of the defence against a broader attack on a vital but much ignored part of Britain’s education system.
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In Kenya, schools lead renewable energy surge in remote areas
The tolling of the evening bell signals the end of the day’s classes at Donyo Wasin primary school.
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Video: Why some students migrate to beat China’s “unfair” university entrance exam
It’s time once again for the gaokao. Every June since 1978, millions of young people throughout China have taken the notoriously difficult Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination with hopes of going on to university and moving up what is seen as one of the country’s fairest social ladders. Students prep for hours upon hours, pulling grueling all-nighters. Parents do what they can, some in more unique ways than others.
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Tales of Transition
Join us this summer in Prague for a special one-month course, where you will critically examine and document this milestone anniversary, 25 years of post-communist transition in Europe. Practice the art of reporting. Be a part of the story telling. Start your journey now.
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The tragedy of education in rural Romania
Rural education in Romania is in a dismal state, lagging far behind its urban counterpart, and having among the worst standards in the European Union.
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Tajikistan: Big brother has eyes in the classroom and beyond
Mehrinisso loves teaching, but finds the closed-circuit surveillance cameras in her classroom unsettling.
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#BringBackOurGirls – Not ‘clicktivism’ but growing citizen mobilisation
#BringBackOurGirls is part of an unfolding process of citizen mobilisation given expression through hashtags and protests. It builds on earlier actions. When some said #OccupyNigeria was a failure, I was quick to point out the fact that it’s not correct to isolate on-line citizen mobilisation as single actions.
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Education and flags: seminal for winning the hearts and minds of Syria’s new generation?
How do Salafi and Salafi-Jihadi groups in Syria use education and flags to foster supportive identities among school students in liberated areas’? These play a significant role in drawing the line between ‘us’ and ‘them’ in Syrian society.
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Combatting youth unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s youth unemployment crisis threatens to undermine national educational reforms, opportunities for innovation, and economic prosperity by creating a significant ‘brain drain’ of Generation Y workers.
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