1. TEAMS project applies several key concepts from social and learning theory to undertake a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, mixed-method study of migrant integration in education. Its analytical framework shows how the central concept of teachers’ relational agency relates to their professional collaboration with others in the system to facilitate migrant integration.

YouTube video: “TEAMS Final video” 

2. Mentorship for Migrant Students

Multiculturalism and diversity are inherent features of contemporary European societies, which have been progressively shaped in the past decades by immigration experiences. In such context, when it comes to hosting refugees and migrant students, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) face several challenges. One of the most common difficulties relate to communication barriers, ranging from understanding and complying with administrative processes (e.g., filling in enrolment forms, ap-plications for housing, registering for a specific course), to following the courses, studying and taking exams in what is for many a second or even third foreign language, to socializing with their peers. An-other obstacle is the need to rapidly understand and adjust to a different environment, comprising a different academic culture compared to other educational cultures of reference, different ad-ministrative processes, teaching, studying and learning methods, not to mention different ways of socializing with personnel, faculty and peers, all of which affect their capacity to rebuild a social network within and outside the university. 

Read more: https://includeu.eu/mentorship-for-migrant-students/ 

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