Participation, access and success for Refugee Students
The Pathways for Forcibly Displaced Students Global Community brings together practitioners, researchers, policymakers and advocates committed to expanding access to higher education for refugees and other forcibly displaced learners.
The community focuses on identifying and strengthening pathways that enable displaced students to access, participate in and succeed within higher education systems worldwide.
Recognising the significant structural, legal and social barriers faced by displaced learners, this community provides a collaborative international space to share solutions, build partnerships and support more inclusive and responsive systems
Participation offers opportunities to share experience, build partnerships and contribute to more equitable and accessible higher education systems worldwide. It is open to anyone working to support or expand higher education opportunities for forcibly displaced learners.
Connecting global expertise
Globally, millions of people are displaced due to conflict, persecution and environmental crises, yet only a small proportion access higher education. Expanding equitable pathways into higher education is critical to supporting long-term stability, opportunity and social inclusion for displaced individuals and communities.
- Share models of access pathways, scholarships and bridge programmes
- Explore innovative approaches to admissions and recognition of prior learning
- Identify policy solutions to expand equitable access
- Strengthen institutional and cross-sector partnerships
What the community focuses on
The community explores key questions including:
- What barriers prevent forcibly displaced students from accessing higher education
- How pathways into higher education differ across regions and contexts
- Credential recognition and alternative entry routes for displaced learners
- Financial, legal and policy challenges affecting access and participation
- Supporting transition, retention and success once students enter higher education
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