1st Edition

Access to Higher Education Refugees' Stories from Malaysia

By Lucy Bailey, Gül İnanç Copyright 2019
196 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

Until 2015, no refugees in Malaysia were able to access higher education, and they were unable to attend government schooling. Since then, six private higher education institutions have agreed to open their doors to refugees for the first time. This book contains stories from this small group of successful refugees, who have managed to receive higher education in a country that neither... Read more

Dedications

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part 1 – Introduction (Gül Inanc)

Part 2 – Refugees’ Stories (Lucy Bailey)

  1. Zaid – Rakhine State
  2. Peter – Chin State
  3. Maran – Kachin State
  4. Andrew – Chin State
  5. Nyan Hongsa – Mon State
  6. Matthew – Chin State
  7. Omran - Syria
  8. Bethany - Pakistan
  9. Amaal - Somalia
  10. Nurain – Sri Lanka
  11. Jamilah - Somalia
  12. Omar - Iraq
  13. Dalir - Iran

Part 3 – Analysis and Conclusion (Lucy Bailey)

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Index

Biography

Lucy Bailey is Associate Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.

Gül İnanç is a lecturer at School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore OUR - Opening Universities for Refugees.