A Policy of Vulnerability or Agency? Refugee Young People's Opportunities in Accessing Further and Higher Education in the UK

Autor/in	Gateley, D. E.
Titel	A Policy of Vulnerability or Agency? Refugee Young People's Opportunities in Accessing Further and Higher Education in the UK
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 45 (2015) 1, S.26-46 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2013.841030
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Intervention; Decision Making; Personal Autonomy; Academic Aspiration; Futures (of Society); Educational Attainment; Social Services; Budgets; Retrenchment; Land Settlement; Public Policy; Employment; Higher Education; Educational Opportunities; Case Studies; Interviews; Consultants; Qualitative Research; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Individuelle Autonomie; Future; Society; Zukunft; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Finanzhaushalt; Siedlungsraum; Öffentliche Ordnung; Dienstverhältnis; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Consultant; Berater; Qualitative Forschung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The UK government's austerity cuts have negatively impacted many voluntary-sector interventions that provided support to refugees. One such intervention, the Refugee Integration and Employment Service (RIES), is discussed in this paper. The RIES was a UK Border Agency-funded integration programme for recognised refugees and operated through voluntary-sector organisations nationwide. Findings of this small, qualitative study tentatively suggest that without bespoke support such as RIES, refugees will struggle to make informed "and" strategic decisions about their future education choices, restricting their ability to exercise autonomous agency. Current UK policy of counting refugees alongside other types of migrants will not cater for the specificity and multiplicity of issues faced by refugee young people. This will inhibit their opportunities and increase vulnerabilities, compounding their precarious position in UK society. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10