In 2019, the UN Refugee Agency announced its ambitious 15by30 target, aiming to increase the worldwide enrolment of refugees in higher education to 15 per cent by 2030.
Incredible progress has been made in the three years since, but there’s still a long way to go.
There are no regulatory frameworks governing the support available to forcibly displaced students in UK higher education. The Universities of Sanctuary initiative has gone some way to standardising things among accredited institutions – but their offer can still vary quite substantially.
So in the absence of any real oversight, there are a few things we might consider when working toward the 15by30 goal.
