Higher education and inclusion : A comparative study of immigrants’ challenges, opportunities and strategies in Sweden and South Africa
(2021) p.320-344- Abstract
This study aims to analyse and compare the challenges and opportunities that refugees and asylum seekers experience in Sweden and South Africa along with the strategies they develop in relation to higher education. As both countries have undertaken a more restrictive refugee and asylum policy, this study hopes to contribute to the debate of inclusion and its challenges. The data-collection entails interviews focusing on inclusion through access to higher education. In exploring higher education as a key inclusion factor, the study employs different conceptualised themes. The results provide an overview of the respondents’ experiences. The comparative analysis demonstrates that access to higher education and opportunities are more openly... (More)
This study aims to analyse and compare the challenges and opportunities that refugees and asylum seekers experience in Sweden and South Africa along with the strategies they develop in relation to higher education. As both countries have undertaken a more restrictive refugee and asylum policy, this study hopes to contribute to the debate of inclusion and its challenges. The data-collection entails interviews focusing on inclusion through access to higher education. In exploring higher education as a key inclusion factor, the study employs different conceptualised themes. The results provide an overview of the respondents’ experiences. The comparative analysis demonstrates that access to higher education and opportunities are more openly provided to refugees and asylum seekers in Sweden, whereas the issue of discrimination and xenophobia is prevalent in South Africa. The challenges, opportunities and strategies developed have a crucial impact on whether the respondents saw a sustainable future in respective host countries.
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- author
- Johansson, Victoria and Odaway, Deeqa
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship : The Potential for Increasing Capacities - The Potential for Increasing Capacities
- pages
- 25 pages
- publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85129814999
- ISBN
- 9781800371248
- 9781800371231
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 4e8a1e2e-f74b-4895-b0f4-23fe0639f712
- date added to LUP
- 2022-07-08 15:08:53
- date last changed
- 2024-05-30 18:21:42
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abstract = {{<p>This study aims to analyse and compare the challenges and opportunities that refugees and asylum seekers experience in Sweden and South Africa along with the strategies they develop in relation to higher education. As both countries have undertaken a more restrictive refugee and asylum policy, this study hopes to contribute to the debate of inclusion and its challenges. The data-collection entails interviews focusing on inclusion through access to higher education. In exploring higher education as a key inclusion factor, the study employs different conceptualised themes. The results provide an overview of the respondents’ experiences. The comparative analysis demonstrates that access to higher education and opportunities are more openly provided to refugees and asylum seekers in Sweden, whereas the issue of discrimination and xenophobia is prevalent in South Africa. The challenges, opportunities and strategies developed have a crucial impact on whether the respondents saw a sustainable future in respective host countries.</p>}},
author = {{Johansson, Victoria and Odaway, Deeqa}},
booktitle = {{Unlocking Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship : The Potential for Increasing Capacities}},
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language = {{eng}},
pages = {{320--344}},
publisher = {{Edward Elgar Publishing}},
title = {{Higher education and inclusion : A comparative study of immigrants’ challenges, opportunities and strategies in Sweden and South Africa}},
year = {{2021}},
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