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Michael is working with Dr. Monireh Partovi on both of these projects. The first project is funded by ÌÇÐÄTV’s Connecting Cultures GRP and entitled 'Identity and Resettlement Among Young Refugees in Coventry Schools'. The project is a continuation of earlier research on refugee children in Coventry. The particular focus here is the role of one Coventry school in supporting the identity formation of these young refugees.

The second project entitled, 'Iranian Migrant Children’s Identity Formation: Culture and Community Education' is funded by ÌÇÐÄTV Ventures and runs from August 2019 until July 2020. It explores the role of supplementary schools in supporting second and third generation Iranian migrants’ identity formation.

Dr Henderson (Assistant Professor, CES) delivered an invited presentation in the closing panel of a conference entitled 'Conferencing the International', hosted by the Royal Geographical Society in London on 18-19 December 2018. The conference was the culminating event of a , led by Prof Stephen Legg. Dr Henderson's presentation was in a panel entitled 'Contemporary Conferencing' and focused on the exclusionary aspects of contemporary conferences from an international perspective.

Congratulations and well done to Krystal and Tong!

2nd prize

Krystal Douglas, University of ÌÇÐÄTV
Friendships Networks and Aspiration to Higher Education
 
3rd prize
Tongtong Zhao, University of ÌÇÐÄTV
Aspirations for participation in higher education from a gender perspective: a research study on final year secondary school students in Cameroon

Michael's research is part of a broader focus on services and educational support available to young refugees. The project is entitled Positive Youth Foundation and the Educational and Service Needs of Young Refugees: An Applied Study The research is a pilot programme to monitor and support the educational transitions of refugee Young People. Working alongside a Coventry based youth organisation, Positive youth Foundation, the aims of the research are to develop an assessment tool for identifying the educational needs of teenage refugees; and to to track small groups of young refugees as they move into further education.

Dr Emily Henderson joined the SARChI Chair Higher Education and Human Development Research Programme at University of the Free State, South Africa, on a funded institutional visit for a week in September 2018. Dr Henderson was affiliated with the programme during her doctoral studies at UCL Institute of Education, and was recently invited to attend a week of activities to renew the collaboration. During the visit, Dr Henderson acted as discussant for an international colloquium, delivered a workshop on intersectionality for students and postdoctoral fellows in the programme, and attended meetings to further discuss collaboration with Professor Melanie Walker and Dr Mikateko Höppener.