Intangible outcomes include:
Facilitate a one-stop shop resource for higher education staff and students who are looking for resources relating to vulnerable migrants.
Improve support for vulnerable migrant students in higher education.
Co-design, test and implement digital technology enhanced supportive interventions.
Assist integrated digital literacy and language skills acquisition.
Scientific systematic scoping review of exemplars of digital technology and non-technology-based innovation that may be used to support higher education vulnerable migrant students using best international current evidence and grey literature.
Implement a nominal group technique to identify challenges and opportunities higher education vulnerable migrant students encounter, to aid web-hub and mobile application content development.
Co-design, develop, implement and evaluate an Integrated Digital Literacy and Language Toolkit for higher education vulnerable migrant students.
Co-design and develop a Digital Multi-Media Platform Web-Hub for higher education vulnerable migrant students.
Co-design, develop and test a Mobile Application for higher education vulnerable migrant students.
Co-design and develop a higher education vulnerable migrant student Peer Support Scheme to address psycho-socio-cultural needs.
Plan and deliver a multiplier event to disseminate and maximize impact of project intellectual outputs.
‘The University Student Within the Global Context’ is an adapted version of an evidence-based model, (Mangan and Winter, 2017, Haith-Cooper and Bradshaw, 2013). This model adopts a holistic approach to exploring and addressing University students wellbeing needs, and is a suitable model for use in this project.
A transnational project is necessary to achieve the project aims due to the increasing numbers of vulnerable migrant people accessing higher education across the world. Whilst there has been a steady rise in the numbers of vulnerable migrant students accessing higher education, there is still scope for an increase in vulnerable migrant student numbers and the quality of student experience and outcomes. The composition of the project team is diverse in terms of gender, ethnicity, age, ability and professional backgrounds, and this will bring new perspectives to the project design and implementation. All partner countries have access to and experience of supporting vulnerable migrant students. The student profile in each partner country institution will be different and this allows examination of the issues and development of innovative outputs from a multitude of culturally diverse perspectives.
This includes those of teachers, researchers, experts by experience and students. The multi-lingual project team will offer a unique opportunity to deliver the digital multi -media platform web- hub, the mobile application, the peer support scheme and the digital literacy and language toolkit in several languages, enhancing utility and impact.
Dr Angela Flynn
Carol Condon
Nuala Walshe
Dr Patricia O’Regan
Dr Emma Hurley
Dr Gertrude Cotter
Irina Fernandes Lopes
Barbara Donik
Professor Majda Pajnkihar
Zvonka Fekonja
Maja Štilic
Kukka-Maaria Raatikainen
Katri Huuskola
Dr Marja Silén-Lipponen
Dr Paavo Maskulainen
Professor Lourdes Rubio-Rico
Professor Enric Olivé Serret
Dr Sílvia Monserrate Gómez
Dr Isabel Font Jiménez
Inmaculada de Molina Fernández
Dr Gabrielle McClelland
Dr Mel Cooper
Dr Russell Delderfield
Catherine Waskett
Angela Smith
Carlos Santos de Sousa
This webHub was initially created by the Masters in Computer Science students in the University of Bradford, under the supervision of Dr Daniel Neagu. The WebHub was formatted and enhanced by the team at VMotion in Limerick County, Ireland