Centre for International Education

Upcoming Events

Date/Time: Thursday 17 October 2024 / 12.30-2pm
Venue: Room G31, Jubilee Building + Zoom
Speaker: Dr Kartika Bhatia, ASPIRE India
Title: 
Educate, Organize, Empower: Transforming the Lives of Children in Tribal India
Chairperson: Dr Gunjan Wadhwa

Date/Time: Thursday 24 October 2024 / 1-2.30pm
Venue: Room 104, Fulton Building + Zoom
Speaker: Professors Barbara Crossouard & Máiréad Dunne, Centre for International Education, University of Sussex
Title: Voice, Position and Power: Engaging with young women in Northern Nigeria through participatory visual methods

Date/Time: Thursday 31 October 2024 / 1-2.30pm
Venue: Room 118, Jubilee Building + Zoom
Speaker: Hannah Frisch, Parliamentary and Policy Advocacy Officer (Education), Results UK
Title: Development and Education: Challenges of Holding the UK Accountable in a Shifting Policy Landscape
Chairperson: Professor Jo Westbrook

Date/Time: Wednesday 6 November 2024 / 1-2.30pm
Venue: Seminar Room 18, Essex House + Zoom
Speaker: Alan Neville, Doctoral Researcher, University of Sussex
Title: Young Women Navigating Discourses of Education and Marriage: A case study of the Dinka community in South Sudan

Date/Time: Thursday 21 November 2024 / 1-2pm
Venue: Arts A A071 + Zoom
Speaker: Khuzama Khan, Director of Program Quality, Girls Rising, Calgary, Canada
Title: Using Contextually Relevant Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Approaches to Deliver Culturally Sensitive Programs in Support of Girls’ Education across India, Pakistan, and Kenya

Date/Time: Thursday 5 December 2024 / 12-1.30pm
Venue: Room 309, Silverstone Building
Speakers: Professor Mario Novelli & Dr Birgul Kutan, Centre for International Education, University of Sussex
Title: TBC

SUSSEX DEVELOPMENT LECTURE
Date/Time:
Wednesday 11 December 2024 / 4-5.30pm
Venue: TBC
Speaker: Professor Rema Hammami, Birzeit University, Gaza
Title: Combatting Violence Against Women: What's wrong with the global governance of a feminist agenda?

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What steps can we take to build a fairer society?

  • Video transcript

    CoE - Linda [International Education] - Social Cut – TRANSCRIPT

    [TITLE CARD: ‘Centre for International Education’]

    [MUSIC: Gentle piano]

    Professor Linda Morrice: In the Centre for International Education, we work across six continents

    [ON SCREEN TEXT: ‘Professor Linda Morrice, Co-Director, Centre for International Education’]

    Professor Linda Morrice: and we work with some of the most marginalised and vulnerable communities.

    [MUSIC: Deep boom as we see a photograph of a woman holding a baby]

    Professor Linda Morrice: women

    [Camera shutter noise as we see a photograph of a group of women refugees]

    Professor Linda Morrice: refugees [Camera shutter noise as we see a photograph of a group of school children]

    Professor Linda Morrice: Children who are most likely to be excluded from education. If we want a more socially just society, we have to provide education for all.

    [MUSIC: Crescendos as we see Professor Linda Morrice looking over a map]

    Professor Linda Morrice: When refugees arrive in new countries, there is an initial urgency to find shelter and attend to their physical needs. Professor Linda Morrice: But there's growing recognition of the critical importance of education.

    [MUSIC: Light reverb as Professor Linda Morrice looks through a pile of photographs]

    Professor Linda Morrice: Our research in the Centre for International Education

    [Camera shutter noise as we see a photograph of children at school]

    Professor Linda Morrice: has shown that successful integration is dependent on refugees being able to speak the native language of their new home.

    [MUSIC: Light reverb]

    Professor Linda Morrice: This enables them to engage in education, to find jobs, access health care and services, really feel part of the community.

    Professor Linda Morrice: Overall

    [Camera shutter noise as we see a photograph of a man and woman shopping for fresh produce at a food market]

    Professor Linda Morrice: refugees with higher levels

    [Camera shutter noise as we see a photograph of a family walking along the seafront in Brighton]

    Professor Linda Morrice: of language, experience better wellbeing.

    [Swelling whoosh crescendo]

    [END CARD: University of Sussex logo ‘Impossible until it’s done ’ with URL sussex.ac.uk/impossible]

 

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