Midterm Conference – Torino

On June 14th 2018, the EUCRITE project team held its midterm conference in the wonderful Castello del Valentino in Turin.

The aim of the conference was to bring together a variety of stakeholders and practitioners from different European institutions for higher education and non-profit organisations working on integrating students with refugee background in universities across the continent. During parallel workshops and plenary discussions success stories, good practices and common challenges were shared among the participants.

We would like to thank all the participants and speakers for a fruitful conference and an inspiring debate on the opportunities and challenges for the integration of refugees in higher education. The EUCRITE team expresses special thanks towards Politecnico di Torino for hosting the event, towards all the speakers and panelists for fostering a lively discussion, and the experts for the interesting workshops.

All of the materials and presentations, as well as the pictures are available below.

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The EUCRITE project team-

Materials and presentations

Key note by Helena Barroco (Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Portugal)

materials used during the speech:

• Video: Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) For Higher Education in Emergencies 
• Video: Enhancing resilience and building hope 
• Website: globalplatformforsyrianstudents.org/

Key note by Mathieu Schneider (University of Strasbourg, Vice-President):

• Presentation “Migrants in a globalized world: responsibilities and responses of French universities”

Presentation of the project EUCRITE “European Centre for Refugee Integration in Higher Education” 

Workshops “Identification of students’ needs: the staff perspective”.

Summaries composed by workshop participants:

• Welcoming and inclusion (led by Martha K. Ferede, UNESCO)
• Admission and recognition of prior learning (led by Katrien Bardoel, Nuffic)
• Psychosocial and pedagogical support (led by Alfredo Mela, Politecnico di Torino