Roma in Higher Education

Matache, Margareta; Jovanović, Tanja; Barbu, Simona; Bhabha, Jacqueline

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The (In)visibilisation of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in higher education equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in England and Wales

Morgan,

Marsh,

Clark

2024

High Educ

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Gypsies, Roma and Travellers are under-represented as students in higher education in England and Wales. Moreover, the communities rarely feature in equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies and practices including race equality initiatives. Drawing upon the reflections and experiences of 14 equality, diversity and inclusion staff across 11 universities (7 post-1992 and 4 pre-1992) in England and Wales, we explore the technologies through which Gypsies, Roma and Travellers are made (in)visible in university EDI discursive spaces. Interview participants included Gypsy, Roma and Traveller academics; subject librarians; Deans of EDI; Widening Participation Managers; Inclusion and Equality Advisors and Managers; and Researchers and Leads on Race Equality Charters and Decolonising the Curriculum. Through inductively analysing our findings, we suggest that the normalisation of neoliberalism across the higher education academy in England and Wales has resulted in Gypsies, Roma and Travellers being constructed as ‘irregular’ in higher education EDI discourse. We demonstrate how neoliberal-informed discursive rules, acting as ‘systems of exclusion’, control what is seen as a legitimate concern and support higher education institutions to intentionally ‘look through’ inequality issues affecting the communities. Informational difficulties, institutional focus on ‘value for money’ and numbers of students which prioritise the market-driven ‘business case’ over social justice, act as technologies of invisibilisation, positioning these diverse communities as not being ‘within the true’ in relation to institutional neoliberal discourses and ‘regimes of truth’. This culminates in ‘institutional inertia’ and neglect towards EDI issues, further contributing to the under-representation of Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in higher education.

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The (In)visibilisation of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in higher education equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in England and Wales

Morgan,

Marsh,

Clark

2024

High Educ

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Marginalisation and mixed feelings: supporting students of Gypsy, Roma and traveller heritage imagining higher education in the UK

Danvers

Hinton-Smith

2022

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education

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Political Voice

McGarry

2024

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Political Voice examines the agency of marginalised people, emphasising the processes and strategies through which different communities around the world articulate their political voices. By focusing on the political voices of marginalised groups, this timely book uncovers democratic expression and agency beyond the ballot box, examining how the articulation of political voice constitutes marginalised groups and democracy itself. Political Voice is based on the conviction that voice is necessary when people are routinely silenced and excluded. The book arrives at a crucial juncture in politics, as marginalised people around the globe rise up to challenge political regimes, institutions, embedded practices, attitudes, and laws that stigmatize and exclude certain groups. The proliferation of protests around the world in the last ten years reveal how people are demanding to be heard and refusing to remain silent, and the relationship between social movements and democracy. Political Voice is theoretically generative as it presents, for the first time, an innovative conceptualisation of political voice, one that moves beyond conventional democratic theory. To this end, it develops the concept of political voice around three elements: autonomy, representation, and constitution (ARC). ARC is then interrogated through two contemporary case studies examining the articulation of political voice of two persecuted and silenced groups: LGBTIQ/queer activism in India and Roma mobilization in Europe. This study draws on empirical research conducted in India and in Europe.

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Roma in Higher Education

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Cited by 15 publications

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The (In)visibilisation of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in higher education equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in England and Wales

The (In)visibilisation of Gypsies, Roma, and Travellers in higher education equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives in England and Wales

Marginalisation and mixed feelings: supporting students of Gypsy, Roma and traveller heritage imagining higher education in the UK

Political Voice

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