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Description

The overall aim of this action-based research project is to provide insights to the Mastercard Foundation and other key stakeholders on how to effectively facilitate access to and future success in higher education for displaced and refugee young people in resource-poor environments through contextualised online distance learning bridging programs.

It is specifically focused on:

1) developing and demonstrating the use of a shareable toolkit that includes: i) a Scoping Tool for effective assessment of the needs and capacities of refugees and displaced young people in relation to accessing and succeeding in higher education, including existing pathways, requirements, and obstacles; ii) a Design Framework for the development of supported blended learning interventions for and with displaced youth that take into account the relevant barriers and facilitators in the local context as well as the specific psycho-social support needs of the target population; iii) a case study of a blended bridging program in Lebanon; and iv) a case study of a blended bridging program in Uganda (which will be piloted as part of the action research); and

2) piloting and assessing a blended learning bridging program, ‘Foundations for All’, for refugees and displaced youth with the goal of enabling their subsequent access to and success in tertiary education in Uganda and/or Scotland.

Layman's description

The overall aim of this action-based research project is to provide insights to the Mastercard Foundation and other key stakeholders on how to effectively facilitate access to and future success in higher education for displaced and refugee young people in resource-poor environments through contextualised online distance learning bridging programs.
AcronymFFA
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/07/1920/02/22

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  • Foundations for All Toolkit

    Akello, M., Cole, G., Gallagher, M., Mulondo, A., Falisse, J-B., Reynolds, A., Atherton El-Amine, B. & Nanyunja, S., Feb 2023, 114 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportOther report

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  • Blended learning in refugee education: An interim report on the Foundations for All project in Kampala and Kiryandongo, Uganda

    Nanyunja, S., Akello, M., Atherton El-Amine, B., Cole, G., Egwalu, R., Gallagher, M., Kompogo, M., Lugala, C., Miranda, J-J., Mulondo, A. & Symons, K., 26 May 2022, e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. Sheikh, Y. H., Rai, E. I. A. & Bakar, A. D. (eds.). Springer, p. 510-526 (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

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