Voices of Refugee Youth Blog
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Welcome to the Voices of Refugee Youth blog! Here you will find blog posts written by the youth researchers and programme updates from the Jigsaw and REUK team. You can search through the blogs using the filters: country, author, type of content and stage of education.
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Personal highlights from DP2 data collection
The second data point for the Voices of Refugee Youth survey took place in Rwanda in October 2021. In this blog, one of our youth researchers, Gentille, reflects on her experience of data collection.
Reflections on co-authorship in academic research
Increasing participation and representation is central to ‘Voices of Refugee Youth’. In this blog, Becky – one of the Jigsaw team – reflects on approaches to co-authorship in academic research, drawing on learnings from the study so far.
The importance of research ethics in refugee education research
Drawing on their experience during the study, Aime Parfait and Aimee explore the role and practical application of research ethics.
The practical experience of being a youth researcher
Khalid shares his perspective of being a Youth Researcher in Pakistan for the Voices of Refugee Youth study.
My story so far
Gabriel – one of our Youth Researchers in Rwanda – provides a personal account of his experience in education and employment, and the ways in which the Voices of Refugee Youth initiative has impacted on this.
Reflections on using a youth-centred methodology
Katrina – one of the Jigsaw team – shares her reflections on the affordances of the research study’s youth-centred methodology so far.
A personal account from data collection for Data Point 3
Drawing on her experience during data point 3, Asma shares one participant’s story of education opportunities in Pakistan.
My experience of doing research methods training virtually
Javan shares his thoughts on the transition of the research methods training course to online delivery, due to the pandemic.
Reflections on the impact of Covid-19 for refugees and education
Umer outlines the impact of the pandemic on refugee education in Pakistan, drawing on his own experience.
Research study update – June 2021
Read an update on what the Youth Researchers have been up to with research methods training and data collection over the past two months!