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Free course: Working Supportingly with Refugees
A new online course, Working Supportingly with Refugees: Principles, Skills and Perspectives, commences on Monday 21 May. The course will run for three weeks and is free to access. Attendance is flexible and self-paced, participants can enrol any time before or after starting date to complete the course. You can access it here – https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/cultural-mediation/1 What topics will you cover? The basics about…
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The Great Get Together: Free event at EHU for all the community
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Syrian Mothers’ Day Event in Liverpool 25 March 2018
Written by Mayya Al Safadi Diab. With the help of Refugee Action, an event was organised by members of the Syrian refugee community for Syrian ladies and children in Liverpool on the 25th of March 2018. Thanks to the active ladies and in co-ordination with Refugee Action, the event was a great success, it involved…
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Global Unity: Fundraising for Care4Calais
Global Unity held a cake sale to raise funds for Care4Calais, a charity supporting refugees who are living on the streets following the destruction of ‘the Jungle’.
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Young asylum seekers ‘face blanket study ban’ The Guardian 8 April 2018
This article by Maeve McClenaghan highlights an important issue affecting the education of young asylum seekers. Colleagues in the FE sector have expressed great concern for the well-being and prospects for success of asylum seekers who access their adult provision. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/08/young-asylum-seekers-education-ban
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Prof John Diamond supports Action for Refugees
Mike Stoddart writes…. Action for Refugees was formed as a grouping of academics, support staff and students at Edge Hill University who felt a common need to respond to the plight of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and abroad. The initial spark was created by a presentation given by members of staff in…