HIGHER EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES

Geneva Summer Schools 2015
HIGHER EDUCATION
IN EMERGENCIES
June 29 – July 7, 2015
www.genevasummerschools.ch
HIGHER EDUCATION
IN EMERGENCIES
A UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA SUMMER SCHOOL
This course will explore the following topics:
• Education as a human right
• Higher education as a humanitarian response
• The education-fragility nexus
• Techno-pedagogical approaches adapted to fragile contexts
• The potential of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education in Emergencies
• Program design parameters: Access to HEiE, management and logistics, quality
management, language and culture, and program relevance
• ECTS: 4
• Faculty includes experts from UNHCR and UNHCR’s Connected Learning initiative
(InZone, JC:HEM – Jesuit Commons Higher Education at the Margins, BHER –
Borderless Higher Education for Refugees, ACU – Australian Catholic University,
KU – Kenyatta University)
June 29 – July 7, 2015
Application deadline: May 1, 2015 | Tuition fees: CHF 2’300.www.genevasummerschools.ch | gss@unige.ch
Course Director
Barbara Moser-Mercer
Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
University of Geneva
Director, InZone