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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/higher-education-and-hope-in-times-of-un
 certainties-breaking-through-intergenerational-immobility-in-india/
SUMMARY:Higher Education and Hope in Times of Uncertainties: Breaking throu
 gh Intergenerational Immobility in India
DESCRIPTION:\nREGISTER HERE\nTo attend on line REGISTER HERE\nHigher educat
 ion is often positioned as a site of opportunity\, mobility and hope\, par
 ticularly in times of social\, economic and political uncertainty. Drawing
  on insights from an action‑research study in India\, this lecture explo
 res how young people from historically marginalised communities engage wit
 h higher education as they seek to challenge intergenerational inequalitie
 s shaped by caste\, class and parental occupation.\nFocusing on first‑ge
 neration students whose families are engaged in work considered “dirty
 ” or stigmatised\, Dr Tambe examines the tensions these students navigat
 e between aspirations for social mobility and the desire for belonging. Th
 e lecture highlights how young people\, families\, communities and workers
 ’ organisations mobilise higher education to imagine and build hopeful f
 utures\, linking struggles for ‘decent’ work with wider movements for 
 democratic and sustainable education.\nAbout the speaker\nDr Anagha Tambe
  is Director of the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at Savitri
 bai Phule Pune University\, India. Her work focuses on higher education\, 
 social justice and labour\, with particular attention to caste\, intergene
 rational mobility and the experiences of historically marginalised communi
 ties. Drawing on action‑research and long‑term collaboration with work
 ers’ organisations\, her research explores how education becomes a site 
 of hope\, struggle and political change in times of uncertainty.\n\nFormat
 \nThe event will take the form of a hybrid public lecture\, with in-person
  and online attendance available.\nThe event will be chaired by Professor
  Barbara Crossouard and Dr Gunjan Wadhwa\, Centre for International Educ
 ation.\nThe event will also feature an interdisciplinary panel offering in
 ternational and cross‑sector perspectives on higher education\, mobility
  and hope. The panel includes:\n\n	Kamakshi Nari\, Doctoral Researcher\, C
 entre for International Education\, University of Sussex\n	Professor Geert
  de Neve\, Head of School of Global Studies\, University of Sussex\n	Dr No
 ah W. Sobe\, Chief of Section for Higher Education\, UNESCO (Paris)\n	Prof
 essor Máiréad Dunne\, Institute of the Social Sciences\, University Coll
 ege Cork\n\nThe lecture will be delivered by Dr Anagha Tambe and followed 
 by responses from the panel\, offering reflections on the themes of higher
  education\, mobility and hope in times of uncertainty.\nThere will be an 
 open Q&amp\;A session to invite questions and contributions from the audie
 nce. In-person participants will then take part in a facilitated workshop 
 activity focused on rethinking higher education for progressive futures\, 
 creating space for discussion\, reflection and exchange across roles and d
 isciplines.\nTarget audience\nOpen to all with an interest in the future o
 f higher education\, including undergraduate students\, postgraduate taugh
 t students\, postgraduate researchers\, faculty and members of the wider c
 ommunity.
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