Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in Higher Education

Julia Morgan is a SFHEA and Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellbeing at the University of Greenwich, UK. She is Deputy Director of the UBEL ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership and EDI lead.Hazel Marsh is Professor of Cultural Politics at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her research is interdisciplinary, and focuses on issues concerning social justice, the politics of representation, community action, education, health and environmental inequalities, and Romani and Traveller contributions to society.Colin Clark is Associate Dean (Research and Innovation) and Professor of Sociology and Social Policy in the School of Education and Social Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland, UK.

• Part 11. Introduction 2. Reflections on Romani Historiography: From Nationalist Myths to Historical Counter-Narratives3. Academic-Community Partnerships in Romani and Traveller Studies4. Racism, racialisation and whiteness: Gypsies and Travellers in the social fiction of race5. Surviving the System? Experiences in Primary and Secondary EducationPart 26. Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers and the Neo-Liberal University7. From Fairgrounds to Fair Access: One Showman’s Experience of University and Beyond8. Roma in Higher Education in Europe9. From the Ghetto to a Russell Group University: A Roma Man’s Journey Through Education and Financial Struggle10. Breaking the Generational Curses11. Betwixt and between institutional and ‘on the ground’ perspectives in GTRSB ‘widening participation’ 12. Reflections on Higher Education13. Internal and external stakeholders: who and what counts in increasing GTRSB university participation?14. Decolonising the University Curriculum and Valuing Community Cultural Wealth15. Mainstreaming decolonisation for those of Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller heritage: Working towards a whole University approach16. My journey into and through Higher Education 17. Gypsy, Roma and Traveller students in distance education 18. Hiding in plain sight: A Romany woman in STEM 19. Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Student experiences of UK Careers Guidance and Employability Programmes 20. Travelling into History 21. Reflections on Graduating and Career Opportunities: The Higher Education Journey of a Romani Woman 22. Conclusion