Work Packages
Work Package 2
Work package title | Planning and Preparation | ||
Start month | M1 | End month | M2 |
Work package leader | Yeşer Yeşim Özer | ||
Objectives | |||
· To set the project management rules, time schedule and inform participants · To prepare for the fieldwork, workshops and pilot support mechanisms · To ensure dissemination of the project to reach a wider group of stakeholders in order to increase participation and impact | |||
Description of work | |||
2.1. Preparing and delivering the project management manual containing a time schedule, detailed program of the project with planned dissemination and communication activities to the participants in order to ensure the quality aspect of the project. 2.2. Kick-off meeting with participants (contribution and time frame) 2.3. Preparing and delivering the press release | |||
Work Package 3
Work package title | Research | ||
Start month | M9 | End month | M13 |
Work package leader | Ayşegül Komsuoğlu | ||
· To contribute to practical knowledge, policy making and academic literature on refugees access and participation to HE | |||
Description of work | |||
3.1. Literature review of the refugees’ access and participation to HE 3.2. Mapping the national legal framework 3.2.1. Literature and document review 3.2.2. Conducting interviews with key central decision makers at Higher Education Council (YÖK) in Ankara 3.3. Mapping the institutional framework (İstanbul, Gaziantep and Karabük Universities selected as best practices due to their enrolled refugee student rates) 3.3.1. Developing semi structured interview and focus group questions 3.3.2. Conducting interviews with academic and administrative staff in direct contact with refugee students and researchers. 3.3.3. Conducting focus groups in order to hear and bring together the experiences and comments of refugee students and researchers. 3.4. Analysing the data | |||
Work Package 4
Work package title | Staff Training and Pilot Application and Admission Support | ||
Start month | M5 | End month | M10 |
Work package leader | Metin Ünver | ||
Objectives • To remove institutional barriers through IAG support for refugee students and researchers for increased refugee access to Istanbul University. | |||
Description of work | |||
4.1. Recruiting the students (criteria, evaluation and selection) 4.2. Training process 4.3. Scheduling constant meetings with the staff in order to evaluate their experiences and comments. 4.4. Preparing clear guidelines and info sheets (in 3 languages) 4.5. Preparing guidance documents 4.6. Updating the Arabic website | |||
Work Package 5
Work package title | Pilot Orientation Program | ||
Start month | M3 | End month | M6 |
Work package Leader | Ergün Yolcu | ||
Objectives | |||
· To introduce campus life, academic culture and norms to refugee students in order to equip under-prepared students to fully participate at HEI. · To contribute to institutional capacity building on refugee support programmes | |||
Description of work | |||
5.1. Recruiting the students (criteria, evaluation and selection) 5.2. Preparing the content and schedule of the program with international office and faculty offices with the participation students and researchers. 5.3. Informing the students and researchers concerning the orientation program through announcements at university and faculty web sites, social media and international student offices. 5.4. Evaluating the implementation of the action through questionnaires and focus group meetings.
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Work Package 6
Work package title | Pilot Academic Language Support Program | ||
Start month | M3 | End month | M14 |
Work package leader | Gözde Yılmaz | ||
Objectives | |||
· To provide language support to students in order to increase their academic achievement and participation to courses and university life · To contribute to institutional capacity building on refugee support programmes | |||
Description of work | |||
6.1. Developing and preparing the content, schedule of the program with the University Language Centre with participation of our professors specialized at teaching Turkish to foreigners. 6.2. Informing the students and researchers through announcements at university and faculty web site, social media and international student offices. 6.3. Organizing follow-up meetings and sessions with students and professors to evaluate the program and to identify progress against | |||
Work Package 7
Work package title | Info Session, Workshop and International Seminar on Refugees Access and Participation to HE | ||
Start month | M3 | End month | M12 |
Work package leader | Zeynep Özde Ateşok | ||
Objectives | |||
· To bring together the experience and expertise of refugees with voluntary organizations, central and local authorities and HEIs in order to debate and share information and knowledge on refugees’ access and participation to HE both al national and international level. · To strengthen communication and connection among academia, central and local authorities, civil society and refugee organizations and networks. · To ensure dissemination of the project and results to reach a wider group of stakeholders. · To provide academic and practical contribution to the final project report. | |||
Description of work | |||
7.1. An info session with the participation of key relevant staff, local authorities and civil society organizations. 7.2. A workshop for debating, sharing, discussing and disseminating the preliminary research results and evaluating the pilot programs. 7.3. An international seminar with the participation of international specialists working on refugees’ access and participation to HE for sharing and discussing cases and sresearch
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