Geneva Summer Schools 2015 HIGHER EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES June 29 – July 7, 2015 www.genevasummerschools.ch HIGHER EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES A UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA SUMMER SCHOOL This course will explore the following topics: • Education as a human right • Higher education as a humanitarian response • The education-fragility nexus • Techno-pedagogical approaches adapted to fragile contexts • The potential of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education in Emergencies • Program design parameters: Access to HEiE, management and logistics, quality management, language and culture, and program relevance • ECTS: 4 • Faculty includes experts from UNHCR and UNHCR’s Connected Learning initiative (InZone, JC:HEM – Jesuit Commons Higher Education at the Margins, BHER – Borderless Higher Education for Refugees, ACU – Australian Catholic University, KU – Kenyatta University) June 29 – July 7, 2015 Application deadline: May 1, 2015 | Tuition fees: CHF 2’300.www.genevasummerschools.ch | gss@unige.ch Course Director Barbara Moser-Mercer Faculty of Translation and Interpreting University of Geneva Director, InZone