Marginalised Communities in Higher Education: Disadvantage, Mobility and Indigeneity

ISBN-13: 9780367264550 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 250 str.

Neil Harrison; Graeme Atherton

Opis

Drawing on examples from nine countries across five continents, this book offers anyone interested in the future of higher education the opportunity to understand how communities become marginalised and how this impacts on their access to learning and their ability to thrive as students.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Marginalised communities in higher education  SECTION A: Disadvantage  2. The journeys of care-experienced students in England and Scotland  3. The collateral impact of post-prison supervision on college experiences in the US  4. ‘More than just saving the government care costs’: re-presenting UK student carers’ narratives  5. Genderism and trans students in Hong Kong higher education  6. The marginalisation of religious students in UK higher education  SECTION B: Mobility  7. Expectations, experiences and anticipated outcomes of supporting refugee students in Germany – a systems theoretical analysis of organizational semantics  8. Irish Travellers and higher education  9. Sámi peoples’ educational challenges in higher education and migration in Finland  10. Getting to university: experiences of students from rural areas in South Africa  SECTION C: Indigeneity  11. Improving higher education success for Australian Indigenous peoples: examples of promising practice  12. The Orang Asli and higher education access in Malaysia: realising the dream  13. Higher education and disadvantaged groups in India  14. Concluding Thoughts: Making meaning from diverse narratives