Widening Refugee Participation and Access to Higher Education through Collective Impact Initiatives – Insights from Germany

Kreimer, Aaron A.; Boenigk, Silke

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“…Furthermore, research is required that addresses the importance of vocational or short-term courses for newly arrived refugees and/or the impact of local qualifications on employment outcomes. While some work exists that investigated refugee study-orientation programmes run by a cross-sector alliance to understand refugee participation in higher education (Kreimer and Boenigk, 2019) and interventions to reduce barriers accessing tertiary education (Streitwieser et al , 2019), further studies should analyse the challenges of continuing and successfully completing education.…”

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“…Phases 1, 2 and 3: SRIs: Four articles addressed all three phases. Boenigk et al ’s (2020) paper brought service researchers together (Finsterwalder, 2017; Kabadayi, 2019; Kreimer and Boenigk, 2019; Nasr and Fisk, 2019) for a combined effort to address the refugee crisis and develop a Transformative Refugee Service Experience Framework to understand the challenges across a refugee’s service journey. Their comprehensive research agenda encapsulates both the refugee service journey phases and service system levels and provides directions for service researchers, practitioners and policymakers.…”

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A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees

Subramanian

Finsterwalder

Hall

2022

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Purpose This study aims to systematically review and conceptualise service-related research on refugees to identify gaps in the literature, derive future research avenues and stimulate interdisciplinary research and practice to improve well-being of refugees. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a systematic literature review (SLR) of 102 journal articles published or available online from 2000 to 2020. Findings Ten themes are identified across the three phases of the refugees’ service journey (entry, transition and exit). Most of the articles focus on the exit phase. One-third of the literature analyses refugees’ access and adaptation to health-care services. The dearth of research on other refugee services reflects the failure to attend to all aspects of service provision across all phases of the refugee service journey. Research limitations/implications While the ten themes across the three phases require scholars’ and practitioners’ attention, different aspects of the SLR’s findings necessitate further investigation. To reinvigorate research and practice, and stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, a novel Communities of Practice approach is suggested. Practical implications Practitioners and policymakers should place more focus on the entry and transition phases of the refugee service journey. Social implications Lack of research and engagement with the first two phases of the refugee journey might come at the expense of refugees. More service support is needed to buffer the journey from homeland to host country. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this SLR on refugee-related services is the first of its kind from a service research perspective.

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A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees

Subramanian

Finsterwalder

Hall

2022

JSM

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Higher education for refugees: relevance, challenges, and open research questions

Berg

2023

SN Soc Sci

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Reflecting the increased public, political, and professional interest in higher education for refugees, research activity in this area has increased significantly in recent years. The growing body of literature provides new academic insights and crucial information for both policy and practice. This integrative literature review discusses 104 papers published between 2016 and 2019, contributing to the state of the research by offering a structured synopsis of the key themes and findings of this relatively new field. It first presents structural changes in the research literature, such as an increased focus on Germany and Turkey after the influx of asylum applications in 2015/16. It also outlines the high relevance of higher education for refugees, which is often discussed as the foundation of success in the host country. Further, the paper provides a synopsis of the personal, institutional, and structural challenges faced by refugees as they aim to realize their higher education goals, and an overview of structural challenges for institutions aiming to support them. In particular, the intersection of multiple challenges and the unaligned interests and needs of policymakers, higher education institutions, and refugees threaten the development of adequate support services. Finally, open questions and implications for further research are identified.

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The Peripherality of Social Inclusion of Refugees into Higher Education: Insights from Practices of Different Institutions in Norway

Abamosa

2021

High Educ Policy

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Widening Refugee Participation and Access to Higher Education through Collective Impact Initiatives – Insights from Germany

Cited by 7 publications

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A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees

A systematic literature review of service-related research on refugees

Higher education for refugees: relevance, challenges, and open research questions

The Peripherality of Social Inclusion of Refugees into Higher Education: Insights from Practices of Different Institutions in Norway

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