Marginalisation and Mixed Feelings: Supporting Students of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Heritage Imagining Higher Education in the UK

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  • Author(s): Emily Danvers (ORCID Emily Danvers (ORCID 0000-0002-0170-5331); Tamsin Hinton-Smith
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 2024 54(3):518-535.
  • Publication Date:
    2024
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      18
    • Education Level:
      Higher Education
      Postsecondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Minority Groups; Ethnic Groups; Inclusion; Barriers; Social Mobility; Outreach Programs; Social Bias
    • Subject Terms:
      United Kingdom
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/03057925.2022.2129959
    • ISSN:
      0305-7925
      1469-3623
    • Abstract:
      Gypsy, Roma and Travellers (GRT) are a highly marginalised UK higher education minority with patchy targeted policy interventions. Drawing on qualitative interview data with education professionals working with GRT and with GRT young people, families and activists, the article compares attitudes, expectations, and desires around higher education. Firstly, the way in which university outreach can essentialise GRT people and the need to nuance these regulatory and normative practices is discussed. Tensions for GRT people imagining higher education and navigating complex identity transitions of ethnic invisibility are next explored alongside worries around 'coming out'. Finally, the article identifies the 'cruel optimism' in desiring education as a form of social mobility, particularly when institutions are not inclusive of GRT. From this, an urgent need is identified for contextually-sensitive GRT outreach for the academy's promises to be meaningfully inclusive.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1418648