Michael Gallagher is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Education and the Programme Director of the MSc in Digital Education. He works in digital education in development contexts in collaboration with INGOs and universities largely in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. His research focuses on educational mobilities, how technology structures and manages these mobilities, and the impact of these movements on local knowledge practices and communities, particularly for forcibly displaced populations. Further to work on mobile and digital education, Michael has a research and professional focus on digital education in Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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Operationalising findings from recent research on refugee students in higher education in Uganda.
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Developing an innovative cohort model for students from sub-Saharan Africa to study the full-online MSc in Digital Education.
Refugee access and participation in higher education in Uganda: the nexus of brokers, barriers, and the digital
Surfacing the lived experiences and challenges refugee students face in accessing and participating in higher education in Uganda.
Foundations for All
Supporting access to and success in higher education for refugee and displaced people through blended learning.