Post-school Pathways of Migrant-Origin Youth in Europe

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  Abstract: This volume explores the role of structure and agency in shaping post-school pathways for migrant-origin young people, providing new insights from countries with different migration histories and transition systems. The book collates the work of leading international scholars to cover a number of jurisdictions across Europe, looking in depth at migrant transitions in different contexts. The chapters examine … Read More

Editor(s):Merike Darmody, Emer Smyth
Publisher:Routledge
Publication Date:10 May 2023
Geographic Focus:Europe
ISBN:9781003279303
DOI:https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003279303
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Origin and integration: a study of migrants in the 2016 Irish census

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This report uses the complete 2016 Irish Census to measure four indicators of skills and labour market outcomes, comparing migrants with respondents born in Ireland: English language ability, educational attainment, unemployment and occupational attainment. Surveys in this area typically use respondents’ continental region of birth but this approach can mask large differences within broad regional categories. This report uses Census … Read More

Author(s):Frances McGinnity, Ivan Privalko, Éamonn Fahey, Shannen Enright, Doireann O’Brien
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute and Department of Justice and Equality
Publication Date:04 Jun 2020
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0496-9
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Attracting and retaining international higher education students: Ireland

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This study examined policy, law and practice relating to international students undertaking a programme of higher education in Ireland. In particular, it looked at measures to attract non-EEA students to Ireland and to retain such students following the completion of their studies. The study focused on recent developments in policy on the internationalisation of higher education and changes to the … Read More

Author(s):Sarah Groarke and Christina Durst
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:21 May 2019
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978-0-7070-0493-8
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Immigrant student achievement and educational policy in Ireland

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Abstract Much of the existing research on educational outcomes among immigrant-origin children has been conducted in “old” immigrant-receiving countries. This chapter focuses instead on how immigrant-origin children and youth fare in a country, the Republic of Ireland, where large-scale immigration is a more recent phenomenon. What makes this case of particular interest is the fact that the immigrant population in … Read More

Author(s):Merike Darmody and Emer Smyth
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:22 Mar 2018
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-74063-8_8
ISBN:978-3-319-74063-8
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Policy and practice in language support for newly arrived migrant children in Ireland and Spain

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Abstract Over the last decades, migration across Europe has continued to increase. Consequently, offering educational support for migrant students in the schools of host countries has been an extensively debated issue across Europe and further afield, especially in countries with a history of immigration. However, less is known about how education systems in the ‘new’ immigration countries have responded to … Read More

Author(s):Rosa M Rodríguez-Izquierdo , Merike Darmody
Publisher:British Journal of Education Studies
Publication Date:26 Dec 2017
Geographic Focus:Spain, Ireland
URL:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071005.2017.1417973?journalCode=rbje20
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Ireland in context of large-scale immigration – How do immigrant-origin children fare?

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An overview of the experience of immigrant-origin children in Ireland’s schools, based on research conducted by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Source: Ireland’s Yearbook of Education, 2017-2018, pp. 243-249

Author(s):Merike Darmody
Publisher:Ireland's Yearbook of Education
Publication Date:12 Dec 2017
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://educationmatters.ie/downloads/YB20172018-Second%20Level.pdf
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Preparing Teachers for Diversity: the Role of Initial Teacher Education: Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission

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Abstract Although the cultural, linguistic and religious diversity found in European societies is not a new phenomenon, its nature is rapidly changing. Europe is becoming increasingly diverse due to intra-European mobility and international migration, including an increased influx of refugees and asylum-seekers. These societal changes create both opportunities and challenges for schools, and education systems need to adapt accordingly. At … Read More

Author(s):Public Policy and Management Institute (PPMI)
Publisher:Publications Office of the European Union
Publication Date:07 Apr 2017
Geographic Focus:Europe
URL:https://publications.europa.eu/s/cPNz
ISBN:978-92-79-63792-6
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Internationalising practices and representations of the ‘other’ in second-level elite schools in Ireland

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Abstract While Irish elite schools have adopted some internationalising practices, international students are often erased from their ‘public faces’. Based on interviews and analysis of schools’ websites, this paper argues that Brooks and Waters’ [2014. “The Hidden Internationalism of Elite English Schools.” Sociology, advance online publication April 2] argument that elite schools hide their internationalism to preserve an explicit national … Read More

Author(s):Aline Courtois
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:09 Oct 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767724.2015.1077100
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‘Everybody is Available to Them’: Support Measures for Migrant Students in Irish Secondary Schools

Abstrat  Migration to Ireland is continuing, albeit at a much slower pace, and migrant children continue to have a strong presence in Irish schools. How well these students integrate into the Irish education system depends, at least partially, on the support measures the schools have put in place for them. This article draws on the results of a large-scale empirical … Read More

Author(s):Daniel Faas, Beata Sokolowska and Merike Darmody
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:08 Jun 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00071005.2015.1049974
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Religious diversity in primary schools: reflections from the Republic of Ireland

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Abstract Growing secularisation of the population and the arrival of new culturally and religiously diverse migrants are posing new challenges to schools in the Republic of Ireland (Ireland). These challenges are particularly acute in Irish primary schools, the majority of which are under Catholic patronage. Recent changes have necessitated an extensive consultation process about how to accommodate religious diversity and … Read More

Author(s):Daniel Faas, Merike Darmody and Beata Sokolowska
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:24 Mar 2015
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01416200.2015.1025700#.VRpixPnF86U
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Immigration and schooling in the Republic of Ireland: making a difference?

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Book Review British Journal of Sociology of Education Volume 35, Issue 1, 2014 Published online: 10 Dec 2013 Source: British Journal of Sociology of Education, Volume 35, Issue 1, 2014, published online: 10 Dec 2013

Author(s):Halleli Pinson
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:10 Dec 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01425692.2013.856667?tab=permissions#tabModule
ISBN:null
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Higher education professionals’ perspectives on international student experiences of life and learning in Ireland: a qualitative study

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Abstract Although numerous studies have explored international students’ experiences, there is a dearth of research exploring the perspectives of professionals who have contact with international students. The present study addresses this gap in the literature by providing an analysis of higher educational professionals’ (n=11) perspectives of international students’ experiences and analysing the challenges which arise when working with international students. … Read More

Author(s):Aileen O'Reilly, Tina Hickey and Dermot Ryan
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:27 Aug 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03323315.2013.826334#.Uh3XUBuG1i5
ISBN:null
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‘She Told Us Just There Was a School There…’: Cumulative Disadvantage of Migrant Pupils and Students in Irish Schools

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Source: In Nestor, N. (Ed.) English Language Support Teachers Association. Five-year anniversary journal. Celebrating five years of ELSTA conferences (2007-2011), 2013, pp. 114-132 Article available for purchase on: http://www.elsta.ie/

Author(s):Merike Darmody (ESRI)
Publisher:English Language Support Teachers' Association
Publication Date:20 Jun 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.elsta.ie/
ISBN:null
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Immigration of International Students to the EU: EMN Synthesis Report

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Abstract The study provides an overview of the immigration and mobility policies that are currently being implemented by Member States to allow international students to enter into the EU for the purposes of study and where necessary, to move within the EU, also for the purpose of study. Such policies aim to both actively attract international students whilst at the … Read More

Author(s):European Migration Network
Publisher:Directorate General Home Affairs, European Commission
Publication Date:25 Mar 2013
Geographic Focus:Europe
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The hijab in the (denominational) Irish education system – tolerated or accepted?

Abstract Abstract This paper explores the subtexts of the controversy generated by the hijab in Irish schools and, more  specifically, what these reveal about the Irish education system’s level of acceptance of (religious)  diversity, as assessed on a spectrum of non-toleration, toleration and respect-recognition. Using  a critical discourse analysis approach, the study highlights and examines the main argumentative  strategies through … Read More

Author(s):Nathalie Rougier
Publisher:Umeå School of Education, Umeå University, Sweden
Publication Date:01 Mar 2013
Geographic Focus:null
URL:http://www.education-inquiry.net/index.php/edui/article/view/22066
ISBN:null
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Study on educational support for newly arrived migrant children

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This report was produced for the assignment ‘Study on educational support for newly arrived migrant children’ (N° EAC/23/2010). The overall objectives of this research project are  to provide policy-relevant analysis and advice on support for the education of newly arrived migrant children; and to provide examples of good practice in educational support for newly arrived migrant children, preferably ones that … Read More

Author(s):Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania
Publisher:European Commission
Publication Date:31 Jan 2013
Geographic Focus:Europe
ISBN:9789 79279508
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Immigration of International Students to the EU: Ireland

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Abstract This study provides an overview of the immigration policies that are being implemented regarding international students.  This report is particularly timely in Ireland, as it follows a period of significant policy activity around the provision of education to international students, with developments in relation to immigration, to monitoring and inspections of education providers, to a restructuring of bodies and … Read More

Author(s):Mairéad Finn, Philip J. O’Connell
Publisher:Economic and Social Research Institute
Publication Date:17 Aug 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
ISBN:978 0 7070 0 3429
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Cumulative Disadvantage? Educational Careers of Migrant Students in Irish Secondary Schools

Recent rapid immigration of a diverse group of migrant children into an almost exclusively White Irish school population makes Ireland an interesting case study for migrant education. This article explores key points in the careers of migrant secondary school students in Ireland from an equality perspective. The article draws on data gathered as a part of a large-scale study specifically … Read More

Author(s):Merike Darmody, Delma Byrne Frances McGinnity
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:03 May 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2012.674021
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The Impact of Migration on National Identity in a Globalized World: A Comparative Analysis of Civic Education Curricula in Ireland, France and England

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This article examines the extent to which citizens of migrant origin are included within discourses of national identity in civic education curricula in England, France and Ireland. We explore how much space is given to citizens of migrant origin in discourses of national identity in civic education curricula and how they fit with central values normalized by a higher degree … Read More

Author(s):Laura O'Connor and Daniel Faas
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Online
Publication Date:01 Jan 2012
Geographic Focus:Ireland
URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03323315.2011.579479
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