Chapter 6 Refugee Education: International Perspectives from Higher Education and Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)

2018 ◽  
pp. 85-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig Arne Skjerven ◽  
Roger Y. Chao
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Refugee Education ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
International Perspectives

Open Educational Resources for MOOC

2018 ◽  
pp. 220-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Deval
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
End Users ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Time Space ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Government

The higher education sector is being influenced by many factors, and a paradigm shift from conventional learning to virtual learning can easily be observed. MOOCs are an innovative initiative in promoting and imparting virtual learning to the end users that are restricted to pursue their higher education due to time, space, and money constraints. Open educational resources are an integral part of MOOCs, and to sustain the viability of MOOCs, quality open educational resources are a need of the hour. Issues related to MOOCs and open educational resources are being taken up by various governmental and non-governmental organizations in accelerating the e-learning concepts among their citizens and to fill up the gaps, if any, to avoid digital divide between the students of regular and open universities. India, being a developing country, needs to put more efforts into promoting the concepts of MOOCs and to popularizing the concepts. In this regard, the Government of India has introduced various platforms for open educational resources for enhancing and supporting MOOCs.

scholarly journals QUALITY ASSURANCE IN DEPARTMENTAL HEIs: THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-191
Author(s):  
Natalia Salnikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations

The development of the quality of higher education is a priority for the modern state policy of Ukraine. To implement the quality standards of higher education adopted in the European Higher Education Area, Ukrainian departmental universities are adapting the European experience, forming an internal quality assurance system. Departmental universities have been establishing an internal system of quality assurance since 2016. At this stage, the relevant provisions on the level of the universities have been developed to regulate the distribution of powers between different departments of the HEI. Another direction of quality assurance is cooperation with external stakeholders, in particular public organizations of various levels. Based on the analysis of examples of interaction between departmental higher education institutions of Ukraine and international non-governmental organizations available on the websites of relevant institutions, a conclusion was made about the discrete nature of cooperation and the lack of public information about the cooperation. According to information on the sites the universities and international NGOs cooperate in the form of joint public events of academic character, they organise training, conferences and round tables. International non-governmental organizations have great potential to ensure the quality of specialized higher education, in particular, in the joint development and revision of educational programs with universities, educational activities involving international experts, conducting international seminars and workshops, joint projects. Moreover, non-governmental organizations can provide educational services of non-formal education; to carry out projects addressed to local communities in partnership with higher education institutions. The author considers non-governmental organizations to be an important mechanism for articulating public interests and requests of citizens and local communities which is critically important for the departmental universities. To realize this potential of cooperation, it is necessary to establish additional documents (regulations, concepts), which will detail the mechanism of cooperation between the departmental university and the non-governmental organization

scholarly journals What can be done to improve higher education quality and graduate employability in Nigeria? A stakeholder approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 358-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinyere Augusta Nwajiuba ◽  
Paul Agu Igwe ◽  
Abiola Deborah Akinsola-Obatolu ◽  
Afam Ituma ◽  
Michael Olayinka Binuomote
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Higher Education Quality

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it identifies the extent to which Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs) enable the development of graduate skills and employability. Second, it outlines the roles of the major stakeholders in higher education and suggests ways to improve graduates’ knowledge, employability and skills. The study is based on a qualitative design incorporating interviews with representatives of public and private organizations, education agencies and members of non-governmental organizations in Nigeria. The data were analysed thematically to ascertain the perceptions of key stakeholders. The findings reveal that there is a minimal collaboration between HEIs and industry and many HEIs in Nigeria lack the necessary pedagogy, funding and infrastructure to carry out the teaching of employability skills. Several practical and policy implications arise from the study regarding improving graduate employability in Nigeria – in particular, the need to create a culture and environment that are conducive to HEI–industry–government collaboration and the need to design the curriculum to enable the teaching of employability skills.

scholarly journals Cooperation between Higher Education Institutions and Non-governmental Organizations in Higher Education: International Discourse

2019 ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
Kateryna Tryma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Academic Knowledge ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
International Discourse

The article is aimed to provide content analysis of the international discourse on interaction and cooperation between higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations. Being different in nature and characteristics, higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations are social actors whose activities, among other things, are aimed at ensuring the development of the society. In order to achieve this aim, higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations cooperate in various fields and formats that go beyond the higher education sector. An important result of the content analysis is introduction of the terminological phrase "non-governmental organization in higher education", which corresponds to the international classifiers "World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations" and "International Classification of Non-profit Organizations". The typology of " non-governmental higher education organization" includes non-governmental organizations whose activities are related to the provision of access to higher education, the organization of educational services and the quality assurance of higher education. The categorical conceptual apparatus for describing cooperation between higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations needs to be expanded and clarified in order to fully and adequately specify the processes of their interaction. The analysis of the intellectual and documentary heritage of the Bologna Process, the EU, UNESCO, and other international associations shows that cooperation between higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations is not only to ensure access to higher education, butit is much more wider. Non-governmental organizations are able to organize and provide educational services, such as in the field of non-formal education; partner with higher education institutions in projects addressed to local communities. In addition, non-governmental organizations are an important mechanism for articulating and aggregating the interests and requests of citizens, communities, local communities for higher education, and higher education institutions. Studying the mechanisms of cooperation between higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations is of great practical importance, since the latter are an authoritative tool for disseminating academic knowledge and practical development of universities, forming a 'knowledge society' and satisfying the needs of the society.

scholarly journals Chinese Resident Preferences for African Elephant Conservation: Choice Experiment

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 453
Author(s):  
Shuokai Wang ◽  
Zhen Cai ◽  
Yuxuan Hu ◽  
Giuseppe T. Cirella ◽  
Yi Xie
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Habitat Destruction ◽  
Illegal Trade ◽  
African Elephants ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Elephant Conservation

Despite passionate efforts to preserve African elephants worldwide, their numbers continue to decline. Some conservation programs have suspended operations because the funds provided by various governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) cannot cover the enormous expenses of countering poaching, habitat destruction, and illegal ivory trading. This study investigates Chinese resident preferences for African elephant conservation using a choice experiment model. Results indicated that two-thirds of our 442 respondents with relatively higher education and income levels were willing to donate to conserve African elephants. Respondents were willing to donate RMB 1593.80 (USD 231.65) annually to African elephant conservation. Chinese residents were willing to donate the most to anti-poaching RMB 641.25 (USD 93.20), followed by enhancing habitat quality RMB 359.07 (USD 52.22), combating the illegal trade in ivory RMB 355.63 (USD 51.69), and alleviating human–elephant conflicts RMB 237.85 (USD 34.57). Our results suggest that accepting public donations could be an efficient way for NGOs to better preserve African elephants.

scholarly journals Existing Framework of Inter-Religious Dialogue in Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-123
Author(s):  
Suraya Mohamed Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Religious Dialogue

This paper attempts to examine the existing framework of inter-religious dialogue in Malaysia and its development from the very beginning. The goal of this study is to explore the framework of inter-religious dialogue in Malaysia, which promotes mutual respect and better understanding among the adherents of different religions in Malaysia. This research is very important. It presents the evolution of inter-religious dialogue in Malaysia’s multi-religious society. This study focuses on:(1) Factors behind the development of inter-religious dialogue in Malaysia; and(2) The role of selected governmental and non-governmental organizations as well as higher education institution in promoting peace and harmony through inter-religious dialoguein Malaysia. Descriptive and analytical methods are utilized in this paper. The findings will add new insights to the exiting literature on inter-religious dialogue.

Economic and Social Council

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-456
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Full Employment ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
New Members ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Social Council

The eleventh session of the Economic and Social Council opened in Geneva on July 9 and was expected to continue until mid-August. Among the recurring items on the Council's agenda were eleven reports from its subsidiary bodies and nine reports from the specialized agencies. Other topics which ECOSOC was to consider included the problems of economic development and social progress of the Italian colonies, the maintenance of full employment, technical assistance for economic development including methods of financing economic development, forced labor and trade union rights, higher education in the trust territories in Africa, and the problem of refugees and stateless persons. In the procedural field, the Council was to discuss the organization of the Economic and Employment Commission and its two subcommissions, consultative arrangements with non-governmental organizations and the calendar of conferences for 1951; elect new members to eight of its functional commissions: and confirm the membership of its commissions.

scholarly journals ON THE GROWING SOCIAL ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES UNDER KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 182
Author(s):  
Olena Orzhel ◽  
Kateryna Tryma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Social ◽  
State Actors

The paper intends to investigate the social role of higher education institutions (HEIs) under knowledge society. As knowledge becomes the main asset and driver of social-economic transformations in the 21st century, HEIs are positioned as centres where knowledge is generated, accumulated, disseminated and applied. With emergence of knowledge society, university mission “to contribute to the public good” is becoming more visible and tangible in HEIs’ operations. Responding to community needs or societal demand, HEIs will liaise and/or compete domestically and internationally with other state and non-state actors: non-governmental organizations (NGOs), authorities, interest groups, local communities. Both competition and cooperation may produce win-win effect, or end up with win-lose or lose-lose result.Case study method will be used to research different cooperation patterns between HEIs and other actors. In more detail, relationship between HEIs and NGOs will be explored to test the hypothesis that NGOs, who have been leaders in societal change over the last three - four decades, are losing primacy to HEIs. We will examine the social role of HEIs and their cooperation with civil society in situation of emergency, when societal demand for knowledge, expertise and response to crisis is high. In detail, we intend to look at Mariupol State University – a HEI with strong community ties and reputation of a civic university – in order to examine its community service and interaction with municipal knowledge hubs during hybrid war unleashed in 2014. Therefore, the aim of this research paper is to investigate whether and how under knowledge society the social role of HEIs changes in emergency situations and outline their possible contribution to problem-solving in cooperation with other partners, first of all NGOs. Key words: higher education institutions, non-state actors, non-governmental organizations, knowledge hub, knowledge economy. 

Non-governmental organizations as key partners in mental health in Europe

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. E. Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Mental Health Policy ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Health Action ◽  
Health Action Plan

SummaryThe shift towards a rights-based approach to health which has taken place over the past decade has strengthened the role of civil society and their organizations in raising and claiming the entitlements of different social groups. It has become obvious that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are central to any successful multi-stakeholder partnership, and they have become more recognized as key actors in health policy and programme development and implementation. There is a broad spectrum of NGOs active in the area of mental health in Europe which aim to empower people with mental health problems and their families, give them a voice in health policy development and implementation and in service design and delivery, to raise awareness and fight stigma and discrimination, and foster implementation of obligations set by internationally agreed mental health policy documents. With the endorsement of the Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 (20) and the European Mental Health Action Plan (19) stakeholders agree to strengthen capacity of service user and family advocacy groups and to secure their participation as partners in activities for mental health promotion, disorder prevention and improving mental health services.

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