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International Summer School in Forced Migration
Regions: Global, Afrique du Sud, Mauritania
Issues: Détention, Discrimination, Enfants soldats, Personnes déplacées dans leur propre pays, Réfugiés
Tags: education, IDPs, refugees
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30 June 2008 - 18 July 2008
Over three weeks, the course looks at the complex phenomenon of forced migration from a number of different angles. Beginning with reflection on the diverse ways of conceptualising forced migration, the course considers the political, legal and psychosocial issues associated with contemporary displacement. Individual course modules also tackle a range of other topics, including globalisation and forced migration, negotiating strategies in humanitarian situations, and development-induced displacement.
The summer school aims to foster a culture of the reflective practitioner while also practising and developing skills useful in the workplace. The course takes an active learning approach to the transfer of knowledge. Participants engage in reflection–analysis–synthesis–teamwork, via critical engagement with lectures, readings, case studies, interactive exercises and the sharing of insights and experiences. Each participant is allocated to a tutor group, sometimes working in these small groups, at other times in larger groups.
Lecturers, tutors and seminar leaders are drawn both from the Refugee Studies Centre and from outside institutions. They include research staff, academics and professionals from a number of disciplines and practices, including anthropology, politics, law, psychology, international relations, and social development.
Level: professional
Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
Participants: A maximum of 72 experienced practitioners involved with assistance and policy-making for forced migrants. Participants typically include host government officials, intergovernmental and non-governmental agency personnel engaged in planning, administering and co-ordinating assistance. Graduate researchers intending to specialise in the study of forced migration.
Tuition, fee, lodging: The fee for 2007 was £2,600; reduced fee of £2,400 when applying by 31 March. This covers 20 nights’ bed-and-breakfast accommodation and all weekday lunches; all tuition; all course materials, including reading materials; and a range of social activities. Evening and weekend meals are not included in the course fees. Accommodation is of general student standard. The closing date for applications was 1 May 2007 (1 March for applicants requiring sponsorship). Information about the 2008 Summer School will be available by 30 November 2007.
Contact Information:
International Summer School Administrator
Refugee Studies Centre
University of Oxford
Department of International Development (QEH)
Mansfield Road
Oxford , OX1 3TB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1865 270723
Fax: +44 (0)1865 270721
E-mail: summer.school@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Web: http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk