A virtual seminar will present the ‘Atlas of Inclusion’, with diversity strategies in higher education

The ‘Atlas of Inclusion: Higher education diversity strategies for migrant and refugee inclusion’ is the first output of the European UNI(di)VERSITY project, in which UB Solidarity Foundation takes part.

The Solidarity Foundation of the University of Barcelona organizes, on Thursday, November 25, between 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m., the virtual seminar ‘Social and educational inclusion of refugees and migrants. The role of universities. Milestones and challenges’.

This is one of the multiplier events of the European UNI(di)VERSITY project, in which UB Solidarity Foundation participates jointly with La Sapienza Università di Roma, European University Association (EUA) and Unione delle Università del Mediterraneo (UNIMED). The other event will take place on December 16 in Rome.

The seminar is also part of the training actions of the CRUE Refuge Working Subgroup.

The working language will be Spanish. To participate in the activity, it is necessary to fill out this form.

SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS

This seminar will present the first UNI(di)VERSITY output – the Atlas of Inclusion: Higher education diversity strategies for migrant and refugee inclusion – and will discuss key elements in the educational inclusion of migrants and refugees, both from the point of view of diversity management in institutions and the access to the university (access protocols and recognition of qualifications).

PROGRAMME

10.00 a.m. – Presentation of the seminar.

10.30 a.m. Presentation of the UNI(di)VERSITY project. By Cati Jerez, coordinator of the UB Support program for refugees and people from conflict areas.

11.00 a.m. Presentation of the Atlas of Inclusion: Higher education diversity strategies for migrant and refugee inclusion. By Henriette Stoeber, co-author of the report and policy officer at the EUA. (In English, with simultaneous translation into Spanish).

You can download the PDF presentation here

From 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Working session ‘Inclusion and diversity strategies in organizations’. About the key elements when introducing and managing diversity in organizations, specifically, at the level of access and active participation of migrants and refugees in the different organizational areas.

From 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. – LUNCH BREAK

From 4 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Presentation of experiences in relation to the incorporation of refugees into the University. ‘University access protocols: doubts, challenges and answers’. By Dèlia Monfort, head of Academic Management at the University of Barcelona (UB), and Mercedes García-García, delegate of the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) for Diversity and Inclusion.



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