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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: 0000-0001-9519-2380, Brunton, James ORCID: 0000-0001-7223-0524, Costello, Eamon ORCID: 0000-0002-2775-6006, Delaney, Lorraine ORCID: 0000-0003-2422-903X, Brown, Mark ORCID: 0000-0002-7927-6717 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, 20 . pp. 1-15. ISSN 2156-7069

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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, belong-ing 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.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:refugee; online education;
Subjects:Social Sciences > Adult education
Social Sciences > Distance education
Social Sciences > Education
Social Sciences > Educational technology
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > NIDL (National Institute for Digital Learning)
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v28.2368
Copyright Information:© 2020 Taylor & Francis. CC-BY-4.0
ID Code:24533
Deposited On:04 Jun 2020 14:20 by Orna Farrell . Last Modified 13 Apr 2021 14:20

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