Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach
In response to Australian policies that impose punitive barriers to resettlement on many people seeking asylum, a range of civil society groups have initiated acts of welcome and inclusion, including some within universities. Denied permanent protection even when found to be a refugee, people who...
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| author | Fleay, Caroline Abbas Mumtaz, Ghulam Vaikili, Mehdi Nasrullah Hartley, Lisa Offord, Baden Macfarlane, Christopher Sayer, Rosemary |
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| description | In response to Australian policies that impose punitive barriers to
resettlement on many people seeking asylum, a range of civil society groups have
initiated acts of welcome and inclusion, including some within universities. Denied
permanent protection even when found to be a refugee, people who arrived from 13
August 2012 are forced to remain in limbo and many are effectively excluded from
accessing higher education. A collective of people seeking asylum, academics,
students and community members in Perth, Western Australia, has responded by
working together on higher education projects that seek to open up the university to
people seeking asylum. In this article, members of the collective critically reflect on
these projects and their involvement. Its key aim is to demonstrate the importance of
lived experience and collaboration in developing and enabling higher education
possibilities for refugees and asylum seekers. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-820892021-02-22T01:24:19Z Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach Fleay, Caroline Abbas Mumtaz, Ghulam Vaikili, Mehdi Nasrullah Hartley, Lisa Offord, Baden Macfarlane, Christopher Sayer, Rosemary In response to Australian policies that impose punitive barriers to resettlement on many people seeking asylum, a range of civil society groups have initiated acts of welcome and inclusion, including some within universities. Denied permanent protection even when found to be a refugee, people who arrived from 13 August 2012 are forced to remain in limbo and many are effectively excluded from accessing higher education. A collective of people seeking asylum, academics, students and community members in Perth, Western Australia, has responded by working together on higher education projects that seek to open up the university to people seeking asylum. In this article, members of the collective critically reflect on these projects and their involvement. Its key aim is to demonstrate the importance of lived experience and collaboration in developing and enabling higher education possibilities for refugees and asylum seekers. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82089 10.5456/WPLL.21.2.168 Open University, Centre for Widening Participation restricted |
| spellingShingle | Fleay, Caroline Abbas Mumtaz, Ghulam Vaikili, Mehdi Nasrullah Hartley, Lisa Offord, Baden Macfarlane, Christopher Sayer, Rosemary Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| title | Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| title_full | Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| title_fullStr | Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| title_short | Enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| title_sort | enabling access to higher education for people seeking asylum: a collective approach |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82089 |