The second World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED) organized by the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) took place on 26 November 2019 in Edinburgh, Scotland. WAHED is a platform to raise global awareness around inequalities in access and success in higher education and was hosted by the University of Edinburgh.As a spin-off activity of the 7th Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC7) the ASEF Capacity Building Training on Equitable Access to Higher Education was held from the 24 – 27 November 2019 alongside WAHED. The capacity building training for university managers on the matter of access and success in higher education aimed at increasing the participants’ understanding of the evidence and theory where access, success and participation in higher education are concerned.
Orange Magazine followed the ASEFCapacity BuildingTraining and talked to various participants about their experience in the field. This magazine aims to summarize important topics discussed and provide an overview of the overall output of the training.
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