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URL:https://www.ukfiet.org/events/higher-education-in-post-assad-syria-cha
 llenges-and-opportunities/
SUMMARY:Higher Education in Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:15 April 2025\, 13:00-14:00 BST\nREGISTER HERE\nOn 8 December\,
  2024 at 6:18 AM\, a 54-year dictatorship in Syria came to an end\, creati
 ng an opportunity for a historic shift in Syria’s political\, social and
  economic order. While the future of Syria is still uncertain\, education 
 will certainly play an important role in building back a peaceful future. 
 Higher education in particular has the potential to promote peacebuilding 
 and social justice\, to address inequalities\, and foster social cohesion.
  It can provide a space for research on peace-related topics\, support eco
 nomic recovery\, and preserve local and national culture and heritage. Thu
 s\, building the capacity for quality\, safe\, and equitable higher educat
 ion will play a vital role in Syria’s post-conflict recovery. If properl
 y supported\, higher education can empower individuals and communities by 
 providing them with the advanced capabilities necessary for societies to a
 ssume genuine ownership over the recovery process. \nHowever\, for more t
 han 50 years under the former regime\, higher education in Syria has been 
 a site of political oppression\, violence\, domination\, indoctrination an
 d corruption. Syrian higher education needs to undergo a major reform. Mov
 ing HE from a site that perpetuates political violence and oppression to a
  site that leads to sustainable peacebuilding and social justice will be c
 ritical for the future of Syria and should be rooted in a contextual and h
 istorical understanding of the sector as well as in the Syrian communities
 ' current and future needs. \nIn this panel\, Rabie Nasser will interview
  Dr Oudai Tozan and Dr Basma Hajir regarding their forthcoming paper: High
 er Education in Post-Assad Syria. The panel will examine the opportunities
 \, challenges\, and avenues of higher education reform in Syria\, focusing
  on its role in economic recovery\, social and transitional justice\, and 
 peacebuilding.  \nPanelists: \n\n	Hamza Yusuf\, INEE Country Focal Poin
 t for Syria\n	Rabie Nasser\, Co-founder and Manager of the Syrian Center f
 or Policy Research and ERICC Syria Team Lead\n	Dr Oudai Tozan\, Director o
 f Academic Programmes at the University of Oxford and ERICC Syria Principa
 l  Investigator\n	Dr Basma Hajir\, Lecturer of Education and Internationa
 l Development at the University of Bristol.\n\nIf you have any questions a
 bout the webinar\, contact syria@inee.org. 
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