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Higher Education for Refugees: The Case of Syria

Avery, Helen LU and Said, Salam (2021) In Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review p.318-331
Abstract
The refugee crisis is also a crisis in education. While attention is frequently directed toward primary and secondary school levels, higher education is a strategic issue for refugees, both as individuals and for long term processes of post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. Education prospects and content are drivers of onwards migration, but also affect economic structures on return. Higher education has the potential to support sustainable socio-economic development, but impacts will depend on which strategies are adopted and which types of capacity are prioritised. The article examines the issue of access to higher education for Syrian refugees, describing the situation in Lebanon in particular. Foreign interests can fuel... (More)
The refugee crisis is also a crisis in education. While attention is frequently directed toward primary and secondary school levels, higher education is a strategic issue for refugees, both as individuals and for long term processes of post-conflict recovery and peacebuilding. Education prospects and content are drivers of onwards migration, but also affect economic structures on return. Higher education has the potential to support sustainable socio-economic development, but impacts will depend on which strategies are adopted and which types of capacity are prioritised. The article examines the issue of access to higher education for Syrian refugees, describing the situation in Lebanon in particular. Foreign interests can fuel sectarianism as well as creating economic structural dependencies. Both existing and possible future options supported by the international community are considered here, and discussed with respect to how they might affect opportunities for democratic and autonomous societal developments.
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higher education, refugee education, Syrian refugees, peacebuilding, economic dependency, social justice, socio-economic development
host publication
Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review: Fifteenth Anniversary Special Edition
series title
Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review
editor
Acinapura, Antonella ; Gaynor, Niamh ; Grummel, Bernie ; Khoo, Su-Ming ; Liddy, Mags ; Mallon, Benjamin ; Martínez Sainz, Gabriela ; McCann, Gerard and McCloskey, Stephen
pages
318 - 331
publisher
Centre for Global Education
ISSN
2053-4272
project
Education in Transition
language
English
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yes
additional info
Republication in Fifteenth Anniversary Special Edition. Original publication online in Issue 24 - Spring 2017
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2021-03-24 13:28:36
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2023-04-28 07:34:38
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  author       = {{Avery, Helen and Said, Salam}},
  booktitle    = {{Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review: Fifteenth Anniversary Special Edition}},
  editor       = {{Acinapura, Antonella and Gaynor, Niamh and Grummel, Bernie and Khoo, Su-Ming and Liddy, Mags and Mallon, Benjamin and Martínez Sainz, Gabriela and McCann, Gerard and McCloskey, Stephen}},
  issn         = {{2053-4272}},
  keywords     = {{higher education; refugee education; Syrian refugees; peacebuilding; economic dependency; social justice; socio-economic development}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{318--331}},
  publisher    = {{Centre for Global Education}},
  series       = {{Policy & Practice: A Development Education Review}},
  title        = {{Higher Education for Refugees:  The Case of Syria}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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