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Come Together: From Academic Dugnad to Academic Inclusion

Addressing the challenges faced by highly educated refugees in entering academia, this initiative aims to provide opportunities and support for their integration into the academic community.

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Come Together: From Academic Dugnad to Academic Inclusion

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  1. Come Together: From Academic Dugnad to Academic Inclusion Anna K. Buverud, University of Oslo

  2. Autumn 2015«We believe it is important that the refugees are received as whole people and given a chance to realize themselves. This may give refugees hope for a better future, and will ensure better integration in our society.» Ole Petter Ottersen, rector at UiO, calling for a national academic dugnad to alleviate the consequences of the refugee situation and help refugees with an academic background to enter academia.

  3. Main challenges (for refugees) Refugees arrive with higher education, but are not able to get into relevant work or further studies Recognition issues (regulations and verification) Admission issues (as above – and different systems) Competence issues (having a degree is not enough to get a job) «The Others» (how to make them one of us)

  4. Main consequences (for all) Skilled refugees end up in the unskilled sector, at the expense of unskilled refugees who end up without jobs. This is more than a double loss!

  5. Calling the banners

  6. Looking for opportunities Learning about the national system for integration and inclusion • Knocking on new doors Identifying possibilities and translating them into «our» language • What does academia want? • What can the state – and the refugees – offer? Creating easy programmes, using existing systems to minimize administration

  7. Solution (for now) • A streamlined internship programme, Academic Practice, matching academic environments with refugees with comparable academic background – letting them work as research assistants while preparing for further studies or work • A low-threshold Academic Network programme, allowing also those that do not (yet) fit into the internship programme to navigate through Norwegian academia

  8. Different countries, different approaches UNICA: Academic Dugnad EU: Science4Refugees EUA: Refugees Welcome Map EAIE: Blogs, tracks, Spotlight Seminar ESU cooperation Where is Europe?

  9. Some international lessons • Refugee’s challenges are largely the same across Europe • Institutional challenges: Leadership engagement is essential. Initiatives must be coordinated and cross-institutional • National challenges: Political climate may be hostile. HE sector could and should provide facts in the public debate. • European opportunity: The Bologna process – and Internationalisation at Home!

  10. www.uio.no/academic-dugnad

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