The Cambridge chapter of Techfugees brings the lively tech community of the area (the Silicon Fen) into dialogue with the local and the global refugee aid organisations to provide new and robust solutions which meet real and urgent needs. We focus on refugee camps, design standards, and security.
Local Contacts
Oscar Gillespie, Lead, oscar.e.gillespie@gmail.com
Richard Dent, Dona Ardeman, Tony King
Next events
29 October 2016 – Techfugees Cambridge Conference: Access to English for refugees and asylum seekers
Techfugees, in collaboration with Cambridge English Language Assessment, present this conference to explore how technology can be used to support refugees with English language learning.
The conference on Saturday 29th October will bring together refugees, teachers, investors, researchers, developers and academics to work together on some key issues. The day will be split into two distinct halves. In the first half, there will be the opportunity to hear from the people who know the context and who have already done a lot of work in the field of refugee education. In the second half, we will be asking all delegates to take part in workshops to come up with solutions to a series of challenges around refugees and language learning. We hope that the workshops result in solutions that can be implemented quickly and where they are most needed. The themes for the workshops are: language for Higher Education, teacher training and self-access content.
Access to English training and accreditation can open doors for refugees, making it easier for them to seek asylum, safety and information, to communicate with people they meet, and to integrate into communities. This conference is our attempt at opening doors and we look forward to collaborating with you on this.
For more information – please contact Oscar Gillespie at oscar.e.gillespie@gmail.com
Past events
2 July 2016 – Techfugees Cambridge Conference: Improving refugee camps and refugee data security
