A British Academy funded Education and Learning in Crises project in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe 🇬🇧 🇿🇦 🇺🇬 🇿🇼

Joined January 2021
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The project team had an online symposium to discuss issues related to accessible TVET for disabled refugees. Recording available here: includingdisabledrefugees.or…

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The @BritishAcademy_ funded @DRIVEProject2 Uganda Team, led by @dfmonk held a successful event that brought together teachers, lecturers and instructors from various vocational and tertiary institutions. See press coverage here: radiopacis.org/en/news/-130

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📢New publication from the South African DRIVE Project Team: School attendance among refugee children with disabilities residing in South Africa: A cross-sectional, descriptive study. Available here: journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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25 Oct 2022
Replying to @EWalton253
@EWalton253 discusses the work of the DRIVE project. All welcome, please register attendance. bit.ly/3VJETDb
Great work by @Backup_Uganda!
26 Oct 2022
Replying to @UniofNottingham
@UniofNottingham @DRIVEProject2 advisor @Backup_Uganda leading a workshop with @GuluVarsity education students about role of teacher in inclusive education. #researchimpact
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Disabled refugee students, particularly girls and young women, are not guaranteed their right to quality inclusive education and lifelong learning because policies do not adequately address their intersectional identities. Policy recommendations in the thread below:
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Policy must be informed by intersectoral dialogue to ensure that disabled refugee students, particularly girls, are not inadvertently excluded from education by falling between group-specific policy provisions.
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Pathways through education and into work for disabled refugees need to be secured through policy and in practice.
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Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa case reports on disabled refugees' access to education are available here: includingdisabledrefugees.wo…

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DRIVE Project retweeted
📢Webinar to share findings and policy implications from @DRIVEProject2 🗓️30/09/22 ⏰12h00 – 13h30 GMT Register here: teams.microsoft.com/registra… includingdisabledrefugees.wo…

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With @mcintyre_jo, I am presenting two papers from @DRIVEProject2 at #ECER2022.
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The keynote speaker, The Paramount Chief of the Acholi Community admonished participants to make people living with disabilities and Refugees more productive through education. @DRIVEProject2 Research Forum at @GuluVarsity
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The VC of @GuluVarsity opening the Disabled Refugees Included and Visible in Education (DRIVE) Research Forum @DRIVEProject2
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Dr @dfmonk giving an overview of the @DRIVEProject2 during the research results presentation on inclusive Education at @GuluVarsity.
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Working hard on policy analysis for @DRIVEProject2 with @dfmonk @mcintyre_jo and Juliet Thondhlana
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