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‘This is two different worlds, you have the asylum world and you have the study world’: an exploration of refugee participation in online Irish higher education

Farrell, Orna orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9519-2380, Brunton, James orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-7223-0524, Costello, Eamon orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-2775-6006, Delaney, Lorraine, Brown, Mark and Foley, Colum (2020) ‘This is two different worlds, you have the asylum world and you have the study world’: an exploration of refugee participation in online Irish higher education. Research in Learning Technology, 28 . ISSN 2156-7069

Abstract
This qualitative study explores the transition experiences of refugees to study online in Dublin City University (DCU). Asylum seekers face financial, structural, cultural and digital equity barriers to access higher education (HE). In response to these barriers to access, DCU became a ‘University of Sanctuary’ in 2017, offering scholarships to refugees. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews. Four themes were constructed in the data-led thematic analysis: asylum world, belonging to the DCU community, the personal impact of studying and study world. Overall, this study strengthens the idea that access programmes such as the University of Sanctuary scholarships can facilitate participation in HE for refugees, provided that the necessary support to address the financial, structural, cultural and digital equity barriers is in place.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:refugees; online learning; student success; asylum seeking; higher education
Subjects:Social Sciences > Education
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > NIDL (National Institute for Digital Learning)
DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Policy & Practice
DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of STEM Education, Innovation, & Global Studies
DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Human Development
Publisher:Association for Learning Technology
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v28.2368
Copyright Information:© 20201 The Authors
ID Code:29674
Deposited On:07 Mar 2024 15:43 by Melissa Lynch . Last Modified 07 Mar 2024 15:47
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