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'A new approach to crisis': how robots are throwing Syrian refugees a lifeline

Prof Henrietta Moore (Principal Investigator, RELIEF Centre) speaks to the Guardian about the importance of education in creating pathways to prosperity for those affected by mass displacement

9 August 2018

"We know that the average length of stay [for a displaced person] is 20 to 25 years," says Moore. "This fantasy that everyone will go home [after being displaced] is a fantasy everyone engages in. But our line is 'movement is the new normal': how do we prosper under this movement? How do we get young people involved in subjects crucial for the modern labour force - robotics, stem cell research, AI? What can we do to prepare young people for the future when of all the young people who are meant to be in school, only 3% are?"

Read the article in full online here in the Global Education section of The Guardian