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SussexCHEER HEIM16 Introduction to HEIM Professor Louise Morley Director Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research CHEER University of Sussex UK Ms Tanja Jovanovic PhD Scholar CHEER ID: 600935

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Slide1

Including Roma Communities in European Higher Education: Celebrating Successes and Identifying Challenges

@SussexCHEER

#HEIM16Slide2

Introduction to HEIM

Professor Louise Morley

Director, Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research (CHEER), University of Sussex, UK

Ms Tanja Jovanovic PhD Scholar, CHEERSlide3

Why the HEIM Project?

A

ccording

to available data around 1% of Roma access higher education in CEE, 3% in the UK and 2% in Spain.

Higher Education Participation rates for whole population = 22% in Spain; 44% in Sweden; 43% in UK; Globally = 32%.

Disaggregated data on the Roma and Education unevenly collected across Europe

.

Roma in policy and research = in relation to compulsory education.

Placement of Roma children in ‘special education’ is common practice in many European countries - along with other forms of hidden segregation.

National strategies for widening participation in higher education often exclude specific consideration of Roma communities.

Desire/ Aspiration

for

Higher Education in Roma communities.

Lack of research on the Roma in higher education.

Diversity of Roma communities

across Europe/ Strategic Interventions.Slide4

What Value is HEIM Adding?

Policy Learning/ Knowledge Exchange across diverse constituencies:

Academic/ NGOs/ Policymakers

Central & Eastern Europe/ Western/Northern Europe Experienced and Early Stage ResearchersCo-

ordinating

/ Creating Knowledge on Roma in Higher

Education.Slide5

What HEIM is Doing?

Examining Roma

access to higher

education in Spain, Sweden and the UK.Evaluating European and National Policy Frameworks/ Solutions that regulate the access of Roma young people to education.Training professionals working with Roma communities in

research

methodologies for equity, diversity and social inclusion.

Interviewing Roma academics and doctoral students about their experiences of higher education.

Developing a Social Media Network to support

Roma researchers

and students

in higher education.

Providing a Training Module on Internationalisation.

Publishing, Disseminating, Networking and Promoting Impact from the findings.

Capacity-building.

Identifying/ Sharing Good Practices in Europe.Slide6

Higher Education Internationalisation and Mobility - Inclusions, Equalities and Innovations (HEIM)

University of Sussex, UK

University of Seville, Spain

Umeå University, Sweden

Roma Education Fund, Budapest Hungary Slide7

Good Practices

Policy

EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies

(to 2020) (education, employment, healthcare and housing).

Roma Decade of Inclusion (

2005-

2015).

Affirmative Action

policies support Roma students to access higher education (access, bursaries, mentoring

)

Central European University’s Access

Programmes

Roma Education Fund’s Scholarships

Roma International Scholarship Scheme (RISP

)

Transparent and accessible information/ support for higher education opportunities RomaversitasPromotes and encourages Roma access to higher education/ strengthens social relationships between Roma and non-Roma students in order to remove prejudices and stereotypes within society. Slide8

Spain

Designing

Plans for Roma Inclusion

Plan for Roma Development (1989)Participation in the DecadeStrategies and measures for national, regional and local administrations.

Consultation

State

Council of the

Roma

involvement in

design, implementation and

evaluation of inclusion programmes.Slide9

Sweden

Curriculum

National

Agency for Education commissioned Higher Education Courses for 'Roma mediators’/ teachers of Romani Chib in primary and secondary schools.Materials

G

overnment committed

to funding the production of school material in varieties of Romani

Chib

.Slide10

UK

The Equality Act (2010)

Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers

recognised ethnic groups with legal protections from discrimination. NGOs/ Advocacy Groups e.g.

Friends

, Families and

Travellers

Gypsy Council

UK Roma Support Group

Advisory

Council for the Education of Romany and O

ther Travellers

Policy Activity

Cross Ministerial Working Group

on Gypsy

and Traveller Inequalities (CMWG).Slide11

The Future?

Disaggregated

Statistics

AnalysisSupport Programmes Inclusion of Roma communities in Higher E

ducation Policies and Practices.Slide12

Including Roma Communities in European Higher Education: Celebrating Successes and Identifying Challenges

@

SussexCHEER

#HEIM16Slide13

Work Package 4:

Supporting

Roma Students in Higher Education in Spain, Sweden and the

UKSlide14
Slide15

Participants

Spain

- M. Teresa Padilla-Carmona & Alejandro Soria-VilchezSweden -

Nafsika

Alexiadou & Anders

Norberg

UK

-

Tamsin

Hinton

-Smith & Emily

DanversSlide16

Activities and Focus

Secondment

in Budapest: Spring/

Autumn 2015Conference presentationsAdditional

work

on national

cases

(continued

beyond

the

secondment

period)Slide17

Focus

National

education

and HE situation for Roma children and young peopleSpain, Sweden, UK

NGOs

work

on Roma

education

access

– focus &

sources

:

Roma

Education

Fund

International focus and the European Union Slide18

National Cases

To

discuss

relevant policy frameworks for the inclusion of minority groups in

education

/

HE

To

identify

the

nature

of

education

issues facing Roma pupils/students in each countryparticular problems that impede successful education participation for Roma youthinitiatives that can serve as the basis for policy learning and knowledge transfer

To

present and disseminate

positive and

successful

trajectories

of

Roma

students.Slide19

NGOs & Roma Education

To

examine

the role of NGOs that focus on Roma education

To

learn

about

Roma education

NGO operations,

initiatives

, research and policy actions

To

understand

the

interactions

between NGOs, national and EU policy structrures To identify areas of NGO work offer possibilities for policy learning in our national contexts. Slide20

The EU & Europeanisation of

Roma

Education Policy

The policy framework within the EU that applies to Roma education opportunities, and the mechanisms the EU employs to effect change

Identifying the major barriers associated with lack of progress in closing the gap between Roma and non-Roma

Policy learning and the capacity to effect change in Roma education and

inclusion.Slide21

Activities & Research – Budapest, 2015

Documentary

reviews (National documentation, European Union and REF

documents

)

Interviews

with policy officers, NGO

actors

, University

participants

(in, REF, ERRC, CEU, Roma

Decade

Secretariat

) & with students (CEU)Reviews of academic literature on 3 areas: National education and HE policiesEquality & Inclusion definitions Roma-specific research policy

issuesSlide22

Outcomes(a)

Reports

(b)

Conference & Seminar Presenations(c) Publications Slide23

Key Findings (i)

Lack

of

statistical data on Roma children /young people identified as a major problem

that

impedes

policy action

All participating

countries

have

extensive legal and policy

frameworks

against discrimination. In all countries there are problems of putting these into practiceProblems of definitions of ’equality’, ’inclusion’, ’integration’ in education and HE (national, and EU)Problems of representation of Roma

political

voices

.Slide24

Key Findings (ii)

Residential segregation and hence socio-economic and ethnicity-based

segregation

lead to segregated schools.Free

parental

school

choice and marketisation /privatization practices

:

exacerbate

problems for Roma and

other

vulnerable

group.sAffirmative action policies for Roma access to HE: Spain, Sweden, the UK policy learning opportunities from countries in Central and Eastern Europe.Slide25

Country Specific Issues:

Spain

Second largest Roma population in Europe (between 1.6% and 1.9%)

Pervasive, negative, extended prejudices against Roma

While in early (87%) and elementary Education (96.7%), the percentage of Roma is similar to non-Roma, early dropout (at compulsory

s

econdary

e

ducation) is extremely high (64% compared to 13% of non-Roma)

Recent research estimates that

2.2% of

young

Roma (22% in

the

general

population

) graduate from university.Slide26

Country Specific Issues:

Spain

International recognition of the so-called

Spanish Model for Roma inclusion

The

National Roma Integration Strategy for 2012-2020

(Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, 2011) does not address HE.

‘Austerity’ policies leading to reduced governmental investment in education since 2010

(

Laparra

, Fernández, Hernández, Salinas &

Cedrón

, 2013).Slide27

Country Specific Key Findings

:

Spain

Case study of succesfull trajectories of Roma students and graduates show:The importance of being

raised

in a non-segregated context/family.

The importance of having precedents in the family (

follow the line).

Risk

of

apayamiento

’ or agenciality in their identity construction?

Mainstreaming schooling as a key factor

Ethnic invisibility

as a coping mechanismSlide28

Country Specific Issues: Sweden

A small but very diverse Roma population:

High absenteeism and alienation in school / high drop outs from compulsory and non-compulsory education (no official statistics)

23% of the whole student population left compulsory school without complete grades in 2015 – estimates for Roma: poor.

43% of the total Swedish population graduating from upper secondary school start tertiary education & 60% within 10 years

(2015)

National

Strategy for Roma Inclusion: 2012-2032

-

The

Swedish Strategy

submitted

in response to

EU Framework on Roma Inclusion, as the Swedish

National Roma Integration Strategy (NRIS) Interview with: Erik Ullenhag, Minister for Integration (2010-14) & Roma civil society

organisations

/representatives

Case study of one Pilot MunicipalitySlide29

Country Specific Key Findings

:

Sweden

Roma issues

explicitly

addressed

but

mainstreamed

into

the

work

of municipalitiesAnti-discrimination (universal human rights) v

group

differentiated

minority

rights

?

Higher Education

not particularly

addressed in the Strategy

Educating

mediators

:

Commissioned

HE

courses

by the National Agency in

Education

(

Södertörn University

)

Educating teachers

in Romani

C

hib

as a first language / funding of the production of school material in varieties of Romani

C

hib

Diversity of Romani

dialects - difficulties

or

implementation

Problems around Roma civil society representation & consultationSlide30

Country Specific Findings: UK

‘Gypsy

recognised as offensive terminology by many, the categories ‘Gypsies and Travellers’ and ‘Irish Travellers’ are used in the UK census and national policy.

Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK are a highly deprived group experiencing multiple disadvantage and discrimination, particularly relating to education, health and

employment.

Marginalisation

and discrimination lead to poor

achievement.

Pupils

experience ‘racist, prejudiced and discriminatory attitudes both in their local communities and in school

(

Deuchar

and Bhopal, 2012:747).3-4% of UK Gypsy, Roma and Travellers access HE compared to 43% of the population as a whole.Lack of policy/ interventions to support disadvantaged groups from outside the UK in higher education e.g. refugee and migrant populations as well as Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.Slide31

Country Specific Key Findings:

UK

Wider educational and social disadvantage, lack of adequate data, and lack of political will are key barriers to HE

participation. Good quality, de-segregated schooling; information

about

HE opportunities

, financial support and

scholarships; and Roma

role models (including teachers) are central to supporting educational progression including HE.

The UK urgently needs national direction and impetus to support retention and success of Roma, Travellers and Gypsies in higher education.Slide32

Issues for

D

iscussion

Across C

ases

Are

Roma

young

peoples

rights

in

education

better

dealt with:through inclusion in common schools/HE, or, through more direct actions to protect culture, language customs? Given the diversity

of

the

groups

, ’

whose

culture

and

which

customs

? (

Rövid

,

2011)

How

can

representation

of

Roma be

improved

in

education

policies

and

practices

? Slide33
Slide34

Issues for Discussion

Across

Cases (cont)

Does research and intervention need a focus on the ’

bright

side

’? Disseminate the positive successful models or persist treating Roma as a (

self

)

segregating

group

?

Would this impact on the non-Roma community view of Roma? Changing stereotypes against Roma is part of the things- to- do list?Slide35

@SussexCHEER

#HEIM16

Including Roma Communities in European Higher Education: Celebrating Successes and Identifying ChallengesSlide36

Work Package 5:

Researching

Marginalised Minorities in Higher Education Institutions: Policies and

PracticeSeptember-December 2015

Space for names

, logos, TwitterSlide37

Objectives

To develop

Roma

Education Fund (REF) expertise on barriers and enablers for marginalised minorities in European higher education, through visiting and exchanging knowledge with the Universities of Seville (Spain),

Umeå

(Sweden) and

Sussex (UK)

To apply REF’s specialist knowledge to specific country

contexts.Slide38

Activities (Research):

Conducting empirical research of institutional policy, practices and experience of the inclusion of marginalised minorities in HE participation through interviews and documentary analysis.

Identification of future initiatives to support widening participation of Roma students in European higher education.Slide39

Deliverables:

3

country-specific (Sweden, Spain, UK) research-informed briefing papers led by REF on issues for Roma people in accessing HE opportunities in European countrieshttp

://www.sussex.ac.uk/education/cheer/researchprojects/rise/outputsSlide40

Reports used interviews and documentary analysis to research and review the differing national and cultural landscapes experienced by Roma living in the 3 distinct European country contexts, including:

Historical developments

Legal frameworks

Social conditions and opportunitiesEconomic circumstancesSlide41

Secondments

3 teams from REF (each one Established Researcher

and 1

Early Stage Researcher) seconded to 3 academic partners for 1 month each.Seville: Dr Stela Garaz, REF Scholarship Programme and Studies Officer

(ER

),

and Ilona

Notar

(ESR)

Sussex: Dr Stela

Garaz

(ER), and Gabriela

Petre

(ESR)

Umea:

Merziha

Idrizi, REF Scholarship Programme and Studies Officer (ER), and Ljubica Tomic (ESR)Slide42

Sweden: Learning from the Secondment

During our month stay in

Umeå University we reviewed policy documents around Higher Education access in Sweden, academic analyses, as well as institutional policies and practices that regulate entry and academic success in Universities. We also had the opportunity to conduct interviews with relevant people who work on issues around education policies, youth transitions research, and, policies for minorities, particularly about the Roma minority in Sweden.’

Ljubica

Tomic

,

ESRSlide43

Sweden: Summary of Key Findings

Enablers

Free education (for Swedish citizens only)

A comprehensive upper secondary education available to all who have completed compulsory school, and providing a strong foundation for vocational activities, further study, personal development and active social participation

A

very

good,

established Pre-Higher Education

system supports HE participation

Availability of Student Loans

The

National Roma Integration Strategy of Sweden

Government commitment to widening

participation in HE of disadvantaged groupsSlide44

Sweden: Summary of Key Findings

Challenges:

O

pportunities well-established in theory (including the Pre-HE system) do not function as effectively in practice

Interviews and documentary

analysis

convey discrimination

and

fear from students of

utilising

their

right

in compulsory

education

to assistance from a teacher in

their

mother-tongue languageLow self-esteem, as a result of being perceived as the ‘other’, and discrimination, majority not being aware of culture of the Roma minorityRoma not being well informed on available opportunities Enrollment in lower quality compulsory secondary schools and upper

secondary

education – particularly among

the students whose parents educational background is poor. Slide45

ESR Experiences from Ljubica

Surprise at the level of discrimination experienced by Roma in the 21

st

century in as economically a developed country as Sweden The need for the Swedish Government to work to ensure opportunities for Roma in Sweden in line with the contemporary experience of others there – to address the discrimination Roma feel they experience in their daily livesSlide46

Sweden Team Recommendations

To

explore

opportunities for establishing: mentorship-based support, quotas in

universities, scholarships, softening of criteria

for student loan

repayment.

Community outreach

utilising

and

scaling-up already-established ‘bridge builder’

pilot project

outcomes, establishing links

between the Roma and the Swedish

majority.Slide47

Spain: Learning from the Secondment

The

one month I have spent in Spain was enough to understand the possibilities Roma have to access higher education. I consider it important to present at the beginning of my paper who are the target group of our research… we need to keep in mind that the Roma are an ethnic group with specific traditions, set

of

values

, language and mentality

.’

(

Ilona

Notar

, ESR)Slide48

Spain: Summary of Key Findings

Enablers

Provision

of alternative access routes to HE e.g. work experience and special exams for those without a secondary education

could

be beneficially replicated in

Eastern

European

countries.

Availability of part-time and distance learning, and no restrictions on employment while studying, also support participation by socio-economically disadvantaged

groups.Slide49

Spain: Summary of Key Findings

Challenges

Spanish

HE has no affirmative action practices targeting Roma or any other ethnic group. A Quota system is in place only for mature students and those with disabilities

Despite rising HE participation overall, participation remains low for disadvantaged groups, including those from migrant, working-class, and low parental education backgrounds

Roma

are the most underrepresented group in HE (2% of

Roma

compared

to 32% of the total

population)

The

cost of university in the context of economic recession is a major participation barrier in

Spain

Poverty

, unemployment, low pay, low secondary education, and lack of information all contribute to low Roma HE participation. Slide50

ESR Experiences from Ilona

‘I

tried to find out more about the Flamenco culture, not as a tourist, but using the "snow ball method" to get to those authentic places which are basically family-supported traditional Roma music and dancing places. This visit was extremely useful for me to understand the role of the family in the life of Roma people, the importance of music and its very deep roots. It also highlighted that apparently contradictory fact, that in spite of all the prejudices existing in Spain,

the Flamenco, the traditional dance of the Roma ethnic group, has become an integral part of Spanish history and present

.

During the four weeks of research work every weekend I visited those towns where I knew that Roma ghettoes and segregated places can be found. Thus I gained empirical knowledge in Malaga and

Cadiz, where

I spent one or two days in the street with Roma musicians and later I joined them to their homes where I had the chance to experience the fact that the same city incorporated two different worlds in

two streets

located near each other. In one street comfort, cleanliness and wealth could be found, while in the other crumbling walls and poverty with all the discomfort possible. I am going to talk about

these experiences

later showing pictures as well. In Cordoba I met women telling fortune and selling things, which was very useful because I had the opportunity to ask them about their chances of further

studying and

their children’s possibilities at school. English language was spoken well only by those who worked in the milieu of the university, which is why I met difficulties in communicating with "average"

Roma people

. I needed all my knowledge as a researcher

.’(Ilona Notar)Slide51

Spain Team Recommendations

‘Marginalized groups including Roma in Spain face institutional barriers in accessing higher education. If the system does not decrease the costs of university studies for the entire population, or does not provide financial assistance to all socio-economically disadvantaged enrolled students, or does not institute a quota system specific for Roma that would also be coupled with an effective outreach campaign and financial support during the studies, Roma will continue being underrepresented in higher education in future as well.’

Learning of lessons form intervention programmes in Eastern and Central Europe (

Central European University Roma Access Program and Roma Language

Program;

Romaversitas

;

Jezsuita

Szakkollégium

;

Roma

Education Fund Roma Scholarship

Program

These

programmes

don’t exist in Spain, but would be beneficial through tutor-student and student-student relationships, professional development and community power.Slide52

UK: Summary of Key Findings

Enablers

A history of Government Widening Participation initiatives

Existence of alternative pathways into higher education for entrants without traditional qualificationsAvailability of loans to support university participation. Slide53

UK: Summary of Key Findings

Challenges

Access to HE

has increased, but with it the importance of what kind of degree you get, and where you get it from, has increased as well, which raises

new barriers for social mobility beyond

access

to higher education.

S

ignificance of published

rankings of UK universities every year, all of them including graduate

employability.

Graduates from the 20

leading “

Russell Group

” universities are most likely to be favored by employers. Slide54

ESR Experiences from Gabriela

Insights from interviews with Roma students in the

UK:

‘Traditions in my local community are not different from those in the other parts of the world: the woman is expected to take care of

children, to be

a good

housewife and to support her

husband’s

development. Those women who study, or who try to build a career receive attitudes starting from complete admiration (more coming by other youngsters), to the opposite: full isolation from the community and acceptance as

gadzi

(non-Roma).’Slide55
Slide56

UK Team Recommendations

Affirmative measures (special

places for members of marginalized minorities at UK

Universities)

Preparation

Programmes

to support graduate progression to Masters level study

P

olicies in schools on

prevention of

bullying

I

ncrease

the number of Roma cultural and history activities in

schools.Slide57

Drawing Together Key Messages

Individualised insights from each secondment team

A

lso underpinning/ transnational issuesNeed for knowledge exchange of good practice

Interrelations of opportunities and initiatives at educational stages

W

ider nexus of educational opportunities amongst poverty, jobs, housing, and marginalisation/exclusion from community and society.Slide58

Including Roma Communities in European Higher Education: Celebrating Successes and Identifying Challenges

@

SussexCHEER

#HEIM16Slide59

Research Methodologies Training for Equality and Diversity

Collaboration between Roma Education Fund and University of Sussex

Drawing together:

Experienced researchers

Early stage researchers

Research and innovation staff.Slide60

Research Methodologies Training for Equality and Diversity

Objectives

To share expertise in research methodologies between Sussex and the Roma Education Fund.

To build capacity within the Roma Education Fund to undertake innovative studies in their communities.To develop online resources for researching Equality and Diversity that can be used by the Roma and wider research communities.Slide61

The Partners: Roma Education Fund

I

nternational

foundation based in BudapestImplements policies and projects aimed at facilitating the access to quality education for ethnic Roma in 16 countries of Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe R

esearch

and policy development unit,

but it is

not a research

organizationCollaboration builds capacity and competency to engage with and translate research into interventions and policies.Slide62

The Partners: Roma Education Fund

Areas/activities we are looking to strengthen:

Roma Education Fund

baseline studies to analyze the context in a given country or locality at the very beginning of a projectProject proposals through greater understanding and referencing of researchImprove project reports, which usually require policy analysis and

data

analysis

using

statistical

techniquesImmediate and longer-term evaluations of Roma Education Fund Initiatives

All

require

familiarity with social research methodology and research

techniques.Slide63

The Partners: University of Sussex

University of Sussex

ranked in Top

20 in all three major UK higher education league tables and 65th in Europe (THE World Rankings, 2016).Strength in social sciences and the training of social science researchers; hosting one of the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training

Centres

.Slide64

Training Programme in Research Methodologies

Key dates

:

The Training Programme for colleagues from the Roma Education Fund ran from 22nd June 2015 to 17th July 2015, with a follow-up event on the 1st to 4th November 2015. Secondments

:

10 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) from the Roma Education Fund attending Sussex for intensive training for research

methodologies

Secondees

:

Mihaela

Velicu

; Gabriela

Petre

;

Dănuț Dumitru; Máté Dezső; Szilvia Pallaghy; Radoslav Kuzmanov; Marsela Taho; Ljubica Tomic; Dragana Radoman; Albena VelchevaStage: CompleteSlide65

Welcome to Sussex!Slide66

Training Programme in Research Methodologies Secondees

Eastern European: Albania (1), Bulgaria (2), Hungary (2), Macedonia (1), Montenegro (1), Romania (3)

Ethnicity: 70% Roma

Gender: 70% Female and 30% Male Role: 4 Early-stage researchers and 6 Research and Innovation StaffSlide67

Training Programme in Research Methodologies

Seminar 1

: A

ddressing female students' fear of sexual assault at a South African university residence Seminar 2: Social Inclusion in Education and Social Care (day course)

Seminar 3:

The Ethics of Researching Roma

Seminar 4:

Diversity at home: Irish women

travellers

and residents in the South of England. Travelling women's voices as a bridge between communities 

Seminar 5:

Inclusive education and ethnic identity: Educational policies for Roma in Central and Eastern

Europe.

Seminar 6:

Work in progress:

Educational

Systems and Romani Identity: A comparative study of legal strategies for exclusion and inclusion educational systems in Macedonia.Generational changes of the Roma graduates, in the impact of social resilience.Migration Dynamics and New Trends in European (In)Security.Seminar 7: Employability, opportunity and the prospects for social mobility.Slide68

Training Programme in Research Methodologies Slide69

Training Programme in Research Methodologies

Workshop 1:

Quantitative Research Literacy

Workshop 2: Practical Tips to Improve your Academic WritingWorkshop 3: Qualitative Research Workshop 4:

Getting the Better of TechnologySlide70

Training Programme in Research Methodologies

Networking event:

Celebrations and Challenges: The Roma Community in the UK

Speakers:

Dr

Annabel

Tremlett

- Annabel's

research interests include investigating the differences between public and self representations of minority or

marginalised

groups, with a focus on ethnicity/'race'. She is particularly interested in how to challenge misleading images through ethnographic research and photo elicitation, and has worked extensively with Roma people in

Hungary.

Dr

Aidan

McGarry - Aidan's research focuses on the political participation and representation of Roma across Europe. He is the author of 'Who Speaks for Roma?' (Continuum 2010) and is currently writing a book entitled 'Romaphobia' (Zed 2016) which looks at the causes of anti-Roma prejudice.Lucie Fremlova - Lucie's research is on the lived experiences of Romani LGBTIQ people. She has worked with/for Romani communities in mainland Europe and the UK for the past 17 years, particularly in the fields of desegregated/inclusive education and the movement of Roma to the UK.Slide71

Training Programme in Research Methodologies Slide72

Roma Social Inclusion and Higher Education: Lessons Learned and Future Priorities

Andrzej

Mirga

, Chair, Roma Education Fund Slide73

Lunch break: We will return shortly

@

SussexCHEER

#HEIM16Slide74

Roma Epistemology and Contribution to their own Representations

Ciprian

Necula, State Secretary, Ministry of European FundsSlide75

Action and Impact Groups

@SussexCHEER

#HEIM16Slide76

Action and Impact Groups

Introductions

(10 minutes)

What key message will you take away with you in relation to the findings /presentations today? (10 minutes)Which ideas/ interventions can be transferred to your organisation/location? (10 minutes)

Which

stakeholders from your network should be informed about the findings? What action would you like them to take? (10 minutes)

What

will you do differently as a result of this seminar? (10 minutes)

Were

there any issues that were not raised that you would like the research team to consider? Any advice to the research team? (10 minutes)Slide77

Closing Discussion: Moving Forward

Andrzej

Mirga

and Tanja JovanovicSlide78

Closing Discussion: Moving Forward

Summary of key messages

What are the main actions to take forward? Who will take them forward? When? Where?Slide79

THANK YOU!

@SussexCHEER

#HEIM16