United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

UNESCO Chair in Education as a Humanitarian Response (694), established in 2005 at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

 

Fields / Disciplines Social and environmental sciences and educational studies. Objectives To promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the fields of social and environmental sciences and educational studies. To facilitate collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe and North America, and in other regions of the world. The long term objective of this initiative is to fill a substantial gap in the range of the sub-disciplines within "Educational Studies" in terms of both theory and practice by examining and addressing the educational needs of all excluded and marginalized groups. Host Institution The University of Oxford Web site Progress Report 2007-2008(short version) Partnership: University of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone) Web site University of the West Indies Web site Yarmouk University (Jordan) Web site Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) Web site Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) Web site UNESCO Institutes: International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)Web Site, International Bureau of Education(IBE) Web site Other UN Agencies: UNHCR Web site UNICEF Web site UNDP Web site WHO Web site ILO Web site Research Institute at the University of Hamburg (Germany) UNESCO Chairs at Nottingham, London and Ulster (UK) Education Committee of the UK Commission to UNESCO Web site DfID Conflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department (CHAD), University initiatives: the Tizard centre Programme in Migration, Mental Health and Social Care at the University of Kent NGOs: Oxfam, ActionAid, the Refugee Council, Street Child Africa and Engineers Against Poverty (EAP) UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network Education, IIEP

Progress Report 2007-2008 (short version)
Activities of the UNESCO Chair in Education as a Humanitarian Response, established in 2005 at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)