Publications and Resources

The Employability Forum produces and publishes reports, materials and practice guides on a regular basis. Our key interests are in researching the barriers that prevent refugees from accessing their previous profession or the labour market in general; identifying case studies You can find more information in the publications, resources and case studies sections. 

 Refugee Teachers

• The ‘Opening Doors for Refugee Teachers’ project has featured in the TES on 30-11-2007 and again in 18-07-2008.

• The July 2008 editions of the DCSF run Primary Teachers and Secondary Teachers magazine features case studies of refugee teachers working in London schools.

• The Opening Doors for Refugee Teachers project is featured in the September edition of Headway, the NUTs journal of advice and guidance for headteachers and school leaders. The article features Mohamed Hassan Abass’s journey of coming to the UK as a refugee and a teacher from Sudan, and the steps he has taken to retrain to gain QTS.

• Besnik Deja teaches at Little Ilford Secondary School in Newham. In an interview with the BBC he explains the challenges he faces in achieving QTS in the UK.

• The Employability Forum has produced a short film highlighting the positive impact refugee teachers have on schools and students. Dinesh Ramjee, headteacher of Henry Compton School in Hammersmith and Fulham shares experience of employing a refugee teacher. Click here to watch this film.