Roma University Students in Spain and Central and Eastern Europe: Exploring Participation and Identity in Contrasting International Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Hinton-Smith, Tamsin; Padilla-Carmona, Maria Teresa
Titel	Roma University Students in Spain and Central and Eastern Europe: Exploring Participation and Identity in Contrasting International Contexts
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 56 (2021) 3, S.454-467 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Padilla-Carmona, Maria Teresa)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
DOI	10.1111/ejed.12459
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Minority Group Students; Migrants; College Students; Student Experience; Inclusion; Racial Bias; Equal Education; Student Participation; Spain; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Migrantin; Collegestudent; Studienerfahrung; Inklusion; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Spanien; Europa
Abstract	Roma are Europe's largest, most marginalised minority, with a long history of racism and exclusion informing complex inequalities. Roma higher education participation remains under addressed, and paucity of research hinders understanding. While there is variation between countries, the proportion of Roma accessing higher education compared to the general population is extremely small in all countries. Spain has the largest Roma population outside Central and Eastern Europe, and relatively high levels of Roma participation in higher education. As part of an international project on Internalisation and Mobility, here we discuss insights from eleven qualitative interviews carried out with Roma students and recent graduates in Central and Eastern Europe and Spain. Findings from a thematic analysis of interviews highlight identity and inclusion and how experience intersects with distinct national approaches. We focus in particular on competing pulls of "ethnic invisibility" versus "coming out," and related onus on a responsibility to "give back." The participation of Roma in higher education remains an important social justice issue in Europe. Our research shows that proactive efforts by higher education institutions in Europe are needed to challenge persistent assumptions that fail to value the contribution and potential of Roma students within higher education. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01