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Year of Mygration

Migrants and migration matter to The Open University and to all of us.

The Open University's Year of Mygration stands as a remarkable introduction to diverse perspectives of migrants and migration. The Open University is ‘open to people, places, methods and ideas’ so has always welcomed migrants as students and staff, and has encouraged pioneering methods of learning, teaching, research and engagement around the themes of migration, refugees, mobility and belonging. 250 separate contributions have been gathered under the heading of a Year of ‘My-gration’ to emphasise that we are all affected by migration, whether or not we ourselves or immediate families are migrants. The issues of migration are vital to understanding not just current UK politics but also the world’s economies and communities.

The origins of this Year of Mygration are in a collaboration between the Citizenship & Governance and the International Development & Inclusive Innovation Strategic Research Areas of the OU. The idea was to share a reflection every day, Monday to Friday, for 50 weeks of a year, on the broad theme of migration which showcased the work of the OU academics and our partners, be it a short blog, podcast or archive clip, a tweet or a link to a longer article. We numbered the posts from 1 to 250 partly so that anyone can start their own Year of Mygration in any year and at any point in any year. We appreciate that migrants and the whole world live with migration 7 days a week for the whole 52 weeks of the year but we believe that there is a value in this exercise and we would welcome anyone creating their own sequels. As the OU enters our 50th anniversary year, 2019, we remain committed to being ‘open to people, places, methods and ideas’.

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Day 99, Year of #Mygration: D2uble Penalty: Refugees and freedom of religion or belief

Written by Jessica Giles, Law Lecturer, Director of the Project on Interdisciplinary Law and Religion Studies at the Open University

21st May 2018
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Day 98 Year of #Mygration: What can be learnt from anonymous social media messages of migrating refugees?

Written by Dr Patrick Wong, Lecturer of Intelligent Computer Systems

18th May 2018
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OU digital archive

Day 96, Year of #Mygration: #OUDigitalArchive and Windrush Generation

The Windrush generation is much in the news. But the Open University has long been using footage of their arrival in, for instance, Post-Colonial Britain (Archive: BBC and Pathé).
 

16th May 2018
Photo of Dr Faith Mkwananzi

Day 95, Year of #Mygration: Educational aspiration formation among young asylum seekers in South Africa

Dr. Faith Mkwananzi from the University of the Free State, South Africa, will be visiting The Open University on 22 May and holding a seminar exploring 'The complexity of educational aspiration formation among young asylum seekers in South Africa'

15th May 2018
Afghan interpreters in 2002

Day 94, Year of #Mygration: Afghan interpreters - belonging on the battlefield, exclusion from the nation?

Dr Sara de Jong discusses claims for protection, rights & settlement by Afghans & Iraqis who have worked for western military forces & development organisations, and the Home Office's agreement to waive the indefinite leave to remain fee for resettled former Afghan interpreters

14th May 2018
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Day 93, Year of #Mygration: Identity, belonging, 'integration’ & xenophobia

'Ideas Lab' to explore identity, belonging, ‘integration’ & xenophobia in Milton Keynes and Wolverton

11th May 2018
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Day 92, Year of #Mygration: Global Migration Film Festival

Calling All Filmmakers! UN Migration Agency Launches Call for Submissions to 2018 Global Migration Film Festival 

10th May 2018
Photo of a crowd enjoying 2017's event

Day 91, Year of #Mygration: Family Arts & Culture Festival, Milton Keynes, Art in the Park

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Milton Keynes' Family Arts & Culture Festival, Art in the Park. This year, the event is being held at Willen Lake on 30th June, 1pm - 7pm

9th May 2018
Photo of Sajid Javid smiling (his personal Twitter photo)

Day 90, Year of #Mygration: Six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at The Open University, Tendayi Bloom, explores the six ways Sajid Javid can make British migration policy more humane

8th May 2018

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