This course is designed to give volunteers an understanding of the backgrounds, current situations and needs of refugees from a wide range of contexts. The course provides strategies and techniques for supporting the diverse needs of refugees and has a specific focus on language support, which may be provided in formal or informal settings (e.g. classrooms or informal support groups). The course has been developed by a group of experts from Crisis Classroom and Cambridge English and is hosted on The Open University's FutureLearn platform.
For all out of hours enquiries, please telephone +44 (0)7901 515891
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Dr Angelo Salatino, from the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute , has secured £308,702 (£186,028 to the OU) in funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for a project that aims to identify potentially transformative research earlier and more effectively.