Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies 61d ago

This seminar brought together research into educational provisions in diverse refugee contexts: Rohingya communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh and Syrian refugees in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon and separately in a London school in the UK. While Rohingya refugee learners follow the national curriculum of their native Myanmar, Syrian learners access that of the host community. By centering refugee voices, the presentations highlight challenges around negotiating sense of belonging in these contrasting settlement contexts. In doing so, the researchers present the words and drawings of refugee children to highlight education as a politically charged process through which refugee learners’ worldviews and identities are shaped. The panel then reflected on intersections between identity formation and broader questions of equity and peace as well as on the implications of these for refugee education across the globe. CHAIR/DISCUSSANT Professor Tejendra Pherali, UCL Institute of Education SPEAKERS Dr Vanessa Ozawa, Education Researcher, International Rescue Committee; Honorary Research Fellow, UCL Institute of Education Professor Eleanore Hargreaves, UCL Institute of Education Dr Brian Lally, Education Consultant; Senior Advisor, Altenburg Foundation Dr Jumana Al-Waeli, Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy