IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 As the Syrian crisis continues into its fifth year, hundreds of thousands of students have had their studies interrupted, leading to an academic crisis and the risk of a lost

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 The ongoing conflict in Syria, and its dramatic consequences on university-age students inside and outside of Syria, has led to a broader conversation on the role that higher education institutions

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 Current events in Iraq have made it more challenging than usual to build partnerships with Iraqi universities or recruit Iraqi students. The conflict caused by Da’esh (also known as ISIS

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 As Iraq continues to grapple with instability, higher education has a growing strategic role to play in stabilizing and promoting the recovery of civil society, economic growth, and national security

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 After being the center of the “Islamic Golden Age” in the ninth century, Baghdad and the area that is the modern state of Iraq came under the control of various

IEM Spotlight Newsletter, Vol. 13, Issue 2 - August 2016 Syria is a Middle Eastern country that borders Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon, and has a population of roughly 17 million people. For much of its history, beginning with

In 2016, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that 65.3 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes, the most in its recorded history. Horrendous acts of violence unfolding in Iraq and Syria have forced 3.4 million Iraqis and 4.9 million Syrians to seek

IEM Spotlight, Vol. 13, Issue 1 - May 2016 Typically, Scottish students attend seven years of primary and six years of secondary education, leading to the Scottish “Highers” qualification required for admission to most higher education institutions in Scotland. The majority of students complete a

IEM SPOTLIGHT NEWSLETTER, VOL. 13, ISSUE 1 - May 2016 The UK education systems are managed at a regional level by the individual countries that make up the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland). This article focuses on