Unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people: educational provision
The Project
Dr Ellie Ott is leading research on the educational provisions offered to UASC in England and the forms of provision in high-income countries that are associated with improved outcomes (eg education, health and employment).
For further information on this project and her wider research in this area, please contact Ellie.
External Team Members
Aoife O’Higgins (University of Oxford) and Habib Rezaie.
Key Messages
A summary of findings from a mapping exercise on education available to UASC in England including 12 semi-structured interviews with virtual school heads, teachers, social workers, and charity education providers; document analysis; a workshop at the Department of Education with key stakeholders; and summary statistics.
Academic Journal Articles
Conceptualising Educational Provision for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in England
July 2019. Open Access
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