Guidance Programme:
Open for all to Access

We have made our Guidance Programme available ‘open-source’ for community organisations, schools, and youth to use.

Welcome

Welcome to Mosaik’s Open-Source Guidance Programme. 

The Guidance Programme is a seven session course that is designed to help refugees access university education.

This course is designed to be led by refugees who want to help others in their communities. You don’t need to be an expert to facilitate a course but you do need to be patient, empathetic and supportive.

If this sounds like you, this webpage contains guidance for you, the facilitator, on how to start your own course, all the session plans and materials you need, and ideas for how to adapt the course for your and your participants’ needs.

The course can be delivered online, face to face, or blended. The materials are editable and adaptable, and free to use!

Programme structure

Our seven-session curriculum equips participants with the tools and knowledge to access higher education opportunities and confidently prepare for the application process:

1
Introduction
Explore interests and strengths to identify suitable study paths.
2
Self
Analyse your own interests and strengths to guide your next steps.
3
Understanding Opportunities
Learn how to search and navigate local, international, and online tertiary education options.
4
Crafting CVs
Develop impactful CVs tailored for applications.
5
Writing Motivation Letters
Master the art of writing compelling motivational letters.
6
Interview Preparation
Build confidence for interviews.
7
Other Writing
Enhance skills for application essays and personal statements.

Programme aims

By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

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Decide on a fulfilling study and career path that they are interested in and capable of.
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Analyse Higher Education and funding opportunities for suitability and attainability
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Write a motivation letter for a specific opportunity
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Write an application essay for a specific opportunity
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Complete an application process for each type of opportunity in an organised and timely manner
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Develop a support network of peers during the application process beyond the end of the programme
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Prepare for an interview
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Critically evaluate your own work
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Write a CV

Free to use and adapt

These materials have Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence. This means you can use them freely, no permission needed. You can copy them, translate them, adapt them for your own context, and share them with others.

We ask two things in return:

Credit Mosaik. Say the materials come from Mosaik Education, link to the licence, and mention if you’ve made changes. If you do adapt and share the resources please credit “Adapted from the Guidance Programme by Mosaik Education, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.”

Share alike. If you share an adapted version, release it under the same licence so others can use and build on it too.

Get started

Fill in the form below to access the resources and learn more about what is required to run a course.