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Leading up to the Year of Youth Engagement Tour in January 2024, the CSA will engage students from across the Commonwealth on various social media platforms with the aim of establishing connections and building momentum that will lead up to various country visits. This podcast will have a collection of all the episodes of the CSA’s talks (now and the future), a reference for its purpose, goals and achievements to the the public. Tune in and listen anytime

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February 9, 20241 hr 3 min

Commonwealth Student Safety and Security Agreement.

The Commonwealth Student Safety and Security Agreement is a formal consensus among students across the commonwealth on cross cutting issues that concern the safety of students. It concerns the protection of student of all ages in any educational program. In this episode we hold free conversations with the European Student’s Union on the drafted articles to share their disagreements/solidarity as well as offer their recommendations that will be used for its improvement.

February 7, 2024Episode 121 hr 0 min

Role of Higher Education in Combatting Violent Extremism in Pakistan 🇵🇰

In this episode, we discuss violent extremism in Pakistan, We’re enlightened on how religion and politics have influenced it, its impact on higher education institutions and the students in them. We learn about the role of higher education in combatting it.

January 14, 2024Episode 101 hr 8 min

The Year of Youth Tour Committee meeting

With only 30 days left for the Commonwealth Students’ Association to commence the Year of Youth Tour (2023-2024), thé planning committee holds a meeting to discuss how far they are in their readiness. The CSA’s aim is to be more transparent with most activities and meetings held in every step of it works for Commonwealth students and therefore we bring you an episode that will enlighten you on this. Listen in for your country will be visited in a few days.

December 27, 2023Episode 91 hr 23 min

The Classrooms of Malaysia 🇲🇾: Language, Islamic Religious Education and Cultural Diversity

The CSA Fireside podcast once hosted Malaysia in Season 1 alongside Bangladesh and Pakistan to discuss whether “the student voice is taken seriously in Asia.” With the need to understand more about this diverse nation, Malaysia returned in season 2 where we discuss the language of instruction of their Education (Malay or English); its advantages and disadvantages and; its role in the struggle to decolonise education. We further learn about Islamic Religious Education and how it prepare students for life. We could not forget the cultural diversity of Malaysia. We discuss strategies it has used to cater for non Muslim Malay students and whether this diversity has caused conflicts in the education sector.

December 21, 2023Episode 81 hr 28 min

Reforming Higher Education to Rise Above Economic Crisis and Political Turmoil ft Sri Lanka 🇱🇰

Ceylon, officially known as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a home to many cultures, languages and ethnicities found in South Asia. In this episode, we bring you panelists who discuss with us the political history of Sri Lanka, the impacts of its current economic situation, the state of its higher education i.e. Is there equitable access to it, which programs are offered, which subject areas are prioritised for government scholarships and what roles are being played by the higher education sector in responding to political and economic challenges faced by Sri Lanka.

December 20, 2023Episode 71 hr 2 min

Options beyond Tourism: Education and Career Prospects in the Maldives 🇲🇻

The Republic of the Maldives is an archipelagic state know for its distinct white Beaches and blue waters attracting a vast number of tourists to it. Tourism contributes more than 28% of GDP and 60%of foreign exchange. In this grand episode, we ponder the issues within the labour force in the Maldives; whether the country’s reliance on tourism is disproportional; the social benefits/protection for tourism workers and whether there are enough opportunities for youth outside tourism.

December 4, 2023Episode 656 min

Should youth and student leaders be incentivised? ft Kim Allen

In a sweet twist of events, we were honoured to host thé Commonwealth Youth Council Chairperson, Mr. Kim Allen. In this dialogue, Mr. Benjamin Fraser and Mr.Kim Allen discuss freely about the different forms of leadership,authority, micromanaging,building trust and empathy as a leader. They further discuss the workload in their positions and delve into performance based incentive models, how they affect sustainability of youth networks, why youth/student leaders at thé Commonwealth level should be incentivised and could travel be of part these incentives?

December 1, 2023Episode 51 hr 32 min

Resilient Education in Samoa: Threats and Opportunities.

Samoa is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands Savai'i and Upolu. It is a sovereign state and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The CSA had a discourse with the Samoan NSO to delve deep on the issues affecting education like the strengths and weaknesses of the education system,how the COVID-19 pandemic affected its normalcy, the effects of climate change induced natural disasters on education and the issue of bullying.

November 29, 2023Episode 41 hr 22 min

CSA ExCO Year in Review

The Commonwealth Students's Association has an Executive Committee made up of the Chairperson, Regional Representatives from the Pacific, Asia, Africa, Caribbean &Americas, Vice chair for Communications & Research, Vice Chair Advocacy & Partnerships, Vice Chair Democracy & Participation. This team of versatile and dynamic student leaders has been entrusted with the responsibility to continue the important and necessary work to unify and amplify students voices of NSOs across the Commonwealth. In this episode, we re-introduce EXCO (2022-2025) who share what has been achieved and the progress of projects that are ongoing.

November 27, 2023Episode 31 hr 21 min

Student Activism in South Africa Three Decades after Apartheid"

South Africa is a middle power in international affairs, a member of both the Commonwealth of Nations and G20. It's a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages and religions with 80% black who experienced apartheid ( institutionalised racial segregation) from 1948 to 1994. Today we sat down with the South African NSO to discuss how apartheid shaped education, it's lingering effects, the role students played to end the apartheid policy, as well as the it's standing on the Commonwealth student ans Safety Agreement.