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Listen "Breaking Barriers: Access to Education for Young Migrants, with Andy Sirel"
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This week, we’re speaking to Andy Sirel, Legal Director at JustRight Scotland, about a legal challenge that secured access to further and higher education for potentially thousands of young people in Scotland. Tune in to hear how an aspiring doctor, and a student-led campaign successfully established a right to education in human rights law for migrant young people in Scotland and expanded access to further education for everyone who follows in their footsteps.
Further resources:
STV interview: 'Talent is being wasted' by tuition fee residency rules in Scotland | STV News
JustRight Scotland blog post: Access to Higher Education for migrant students is now a real right
JustRight Scotland factsheet: Access to Education Factsheet July 2023
Migrant Women Press article: Education for all: The right for asylum seekers to access education in Scotland. - Migrant Women Press
Find out more at https://lawmanity.pinecast.coRead transcript
This week, we’re speaking to Andy Sirel, Legal Director at JustRight Scotland, about a legal challenge that secured access to further and higher education for potentially thousands of young people in Scotland. Tune in to hear how an aspiring doctor, and a student-led campaign successfully established a right to education in human rights law for migrant young people in Scotland and expanded access to further education for everyone who follows in their footsteps.
Further resources:
STV interview: 'Talent is being wasted' by tuition fee residency rules in Scotland | STV News
JustRight Scotland blog post: Access to Higher Education for migrant students is now a real right
JustRight Scotland factsheet: Access to Education Factsheet July 2023
Migrant Women Press article: Education for all: The right for asylum seekers to access education in Scotland. - Migrant Women Press
Find out more at https://lawmanity.pinecast.coRead transcript
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