Marginalised Communities in Higher Education

Neil Harrison is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Rees Centre at the University of Oxford, UK.Graeme Atherton is Head of AccessHE and Director of the National Education Opportunities Network.

• 1. Introduction: Marginalised communities in higher education SECTION A: Disadvantage 2. The journeys of care-experienced students in England and Scotland 3. The collateral impact of post-prison supervision on college experiences in the US 4. ‘More than just saving the government care costs’: re-presenting UK student carers’ narratives 5. Genderism and trans students in Hong Kong higher education 6. The marginalisation of religious students in UK higher education SECTION B: Mobility 7. Expectations, experiences and anticipated outcomes of supporting refugee students in Germany – a systems theoretical analysis of organizational semantics 8. Irish Travellers and higher education 9. Sámi peoples’ educational challenges in higher education and migration in Finland 10. Getting to university: experiences of students from rural areas in South Africa SECTION C: Indigeneity 11. Improving higher education success for Australian Indigenous peoples: examples of promising practice 12. The Orang Asli and higher education access in Malaysia: realising the dream 13. Higher education and disadvantaged groups in India 14. Concluding Thoughts: Making meaning from diverse narratives

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