Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses

Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many universities have responded by offering scholarships and other ess...

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Main Authors: Burke, R., Fleay, Caroline, Baker, S., Hartley, Lisa, Field, Rebecca
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86625
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Baker, S.
Hartley, Lisa
Field, Rebecca
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description Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many universities have responded by offering scholarships and other essential supports; however, our research indicates the challenges associated with studying while living on a temporary visa can affect the success of educational assistance. Here we highlight the importance of scholarships and other supports for facilitating access to tertiary study, particularly given the continuation of restrictive government policies, and identify the need for people seeking asylum to inform institutional and community responses.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-866252021-12-03T04:16:45Z Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses Burke, R. Fleay, Caroline Baker, S. Hartley, Lisa Field, Rebecca Higher education remains unattainable for many people seeking asylum in Australia, where temporary visa status renders individuals ineligible for a range of government services including assistance with financing tertiary study. Many universities have responded by offering scholarships and other essential supports; however, our research indicates the challenges associated with studying while living on a temporary visa can affect the success of educational assistance. Here we highlight the importance of scholarships and other supports for facilitating access to tertiary study, particularly given the continuation of restrictive government policies, and identify the need for people seeking asylum to inform institutional and community responses. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86625 10.25071/1920-7336.40658 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ fulltext
spellingShingle Burke, R.
Fleay, Caroline
Baker, S.
Hartley, Lisa
Field, Rebecca
Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
title Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
title_full Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
title_fullStr Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
title_full_unstemmed Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
title_short Facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in Australia: Institutional and community responses
title_sort facilitating access to higher education for people seeking asylum in australia: institutional and community responses
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86625