Being a Woman and a Refugee Student in Italy

• In Event: Friday Roundtable Session 3:05 pm
  In Roundtable Session: Using Assessment Methods to Identify and Dismantle Injustice in Education (Table 16)

Abstract

Over the last decades, the demand of inclusion in higher education paths of students with a migratory background clearly arose, mapping out the changes that institutions need in practice to ensure the principles of equity, human dignity, active citizenship, personal self-attainment, and social inclusion. Despite the current educational policy and trends in research in the European context has to be pointed how higher education inclusion practices seems not coherently aligned. To shed light on the reasons for difficulties in the inclusion process, a qualitative study was conducted drawing data from semi-structured interviews with 10 refugee students. The discussion on limitations of and issues encountered in recognition of their previous learning and competences addresses policy implications for higher education institutions.

Authors

• Serafina Pastore, University of Bari

• Fausta Scardigno, University of Bari