Context: Case study of Sudanese student studying at QUT
Aim: Provide insight into the needs of African students, and make suggestions for the ways that universities can respond to those needs.
Conclusions: Experiences of discrimination, stigmatisation, inability to get a placement or work following graduation, social exclusion, failure of subjects a source of shame. HEB students may require more knowledge of career pathways to meet their aspirations. HEB students need a dynamic and relational approach to support at HE. Gap between lack of formal education in pre-arrival experiences means that understanding expectations of HE can be difficult. Refugees have a specific experience of migration and settlement that needs to be taken into account in the HE context. Implications: HE institutions need to orients students with language and learning advice, specialist career counselling, general life education, health and financial support, and extra tuition. The lack of career opportunities for these graduates upon completion of their degree is also going to be a new arena of concern in the future.
Core argument: Refugee experiences in HE are complex and unique, but not able to be homogenised; HE institutions need to recognise the specificities of this group and provide support accordingly.
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