2019-2022
UNIROMA
Roma women and men in Spanish universities: barriers and actions for overcoming them.
[09.20.2022] Successful presentation of the project results at the Online webinar: Roma students at university: main research findings and recommendations
Knowledge Transfer
Policy Brief. Recommendations Guide
Roma people training and higher education
Scientific Impact
Abad-Merino, S., Macías, F., Serradell, O & Flecha, A (2024) The academic experinece of Roman students at university. Revista de Educación, (406), 343-377. https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592X-RE-2024-406-648
González-García, J., & Flecha, A. (2021). Análisis del Impacto Social del Curso de Acceso a La Universidad (GAU) del Plan Integral Pueblo Gitano de la Generalitat de Catalunya. International Journal of Roma Studies, 3(2), 152–179. https://doi.org/10.17583/ijrs.8725
Flecha, A.; Abad-Merino, S.; Macías-Aranda, F.; Segovia-Aguilar, B. (2022). Roma University Students in Spain: Who Are They? Education Sciences, 12, 400. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12060400
Serradell, O., García-Cabrera, M. del M., Barrera-Rodríguez, M. F., & Ramírez, C. (2022). Recomendaciones para el apoyo de estudiantes Romanís en la Universidad. International Journal of Roma Studies, 4(2), 172–203. https://doi.org/10.17583/ijrs.10682
Challenge
Roma students face barriers in the Spanish university system that hinder the completion of their higher education. These difficulties are further exacerbated for those who are the first in their family to enroll at university.
Objective
To identify the profiles of Roma students in Spanish universities and the barriers they face, with the aim of defining evidence-based actions that contribute to overcoming these difficulties and, consequently, increasing the graduation rate of these students.
Communicative methodology
It allows for describing reality and contributing to its transformation, promoting the social, political, and scientific impacts of research. It is based on a mixed-methods approach that combines qualitative techniques—such as literature reviews and documentary analysis, questionnaires, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and daily life stories—with a longitudinal study.
Territories with the largest Roma population
Andalucia
It is estimated that the Roma population is 350,000 inhabitants (MSPSI, 2011).
Catalonia
It is estimated that the Roma population is 65,000 inhabitants (MSPSI, 2011).
Activities
20.09.2022
Ainhoa Flecha presented the UNIROMA project at the "Online webinar: Roma students at university: main research findings and recommendations."
15.06.2022
Olga Serradell presented the UNIROMA project at the GEDIME 2021-2022 research seminar.
07.06.2022
The conference on management and policies to foster the inclusion of the Roma population at university was held.
Project Factsheet
Dra. Ainhoa Flecha Fernández de Sanmamed
Dra. Olga Serradell Pumareda
Blas Segovia Aguilar
Sonia García Segura
Silvia Abad Merino
María del Mar García
Marta Soler
Tania García
Fernando Macías Aranda
Ana Giménez
Paz Peña
Jelen Amador
Teresa Sordé
María Fernanda Barrera Rodríguez
Catalina Ramírez González
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. National R&D&I Program Oriented towards Societal Challenges
01/01/2019-30/06/2022
RTI2018-097879-A-I00
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