Refugee Higher Education: Towards an intersectional, social justice framework (CRRE Seminar)

Dr Eugenia Katartzi, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham 

In the global context of unprecedented migratory flows, the education of refugees is gaining increased research and policy attention. However, refugee Higher Education (HE) remains under-studied, with the United Nations Refugee Agency lamenting the lack of data in this field. The presentation draws upon a comparative study that examines refugee HE governance in two key resettlement countries, Germany and England, and their respective high participation University systems. In employing a qualitative case study design the study focuses on four universities exploring their institutional structures and cultures of refugee support (or lack thereof), the prevailing discourses around the management of diversity and their rhetorical constructions of refugee students. The project adopts an intersectional, social justice approach and draws upon social and political theory and research in sociology of education, racial and migration studies. The presentation will document key institutional actors’ perspectives and the narratives of lived experiences of students with forced migration background, seeking to illuminate the racialized bordering practices affecting their HE access and participation.

• This event is free and open to the public, staff and students.
• This is a hybrid event. Registration is essential to receive the room location and the link to ZOOM. 
• Please note, this seminar is not being recorded.