The Right to Higher Education in the Global South:

Horizons, Debates and Challenges

The Knowledge Network for the Right to Education from a Global South (REGS), comprising  the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS) and other collaborating institutions, invites Masters and Doctoral students, public policy makers and representatives of civil society organizations committed to the right to education from the Global South to apply to participate in the REGS International Graduate School «The Right to Higher Education in the Global South: Horizons, Debates and Challenges” to be held between 21 and 25 August 2023 in Maputo, Mozambique.

The official languages of the school are Spanish and Portuguese.

PRESENTATION

The right to education is an enabling human right that, driven by social movements and civil society, has expanded its scope and complexity throughout the different stages of people’s lives. Effective universal access to universities and institutions of higher education is on the agendas of progressive governments that see this expansion as a way to build dignity and justice. But access alone is not enough to guarantee the effective exercise of this right. It is also necessary to question the type of higher education accessed, examine the content and curricula as well as the conditions within which it is provided. Answers to these questions determine the access of historically marginalized groups to these educational spaces. It is in this context that the perspective of the Global South becomes a fundamental approach for critical reflection on the right to education, asking how higher education can be used as a tool for emancipation and dignified living.

APPLICATION AND SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS

• Masters and doctoral students with thesis projects related to the School’s theme.

• Representatives of organizations and/or social movements that have studied and addressed the topic.

• Public policy representatives involved and interested in the topic.

Participation in the School is free of charge. 

The results will be announcement on the REGS website: https://www.clacso.org/regs/
and the Polytechnic University website: http://www.apolitecnica.ac.mz/
on the 14th of July, 2023.