Forum on Ending Study Limitations For Refugees with Temporary Protection

RESIG is an advocacy network who run workshops to enhance educational opportunities and outcomes in Australia for students with forced migration experience

Refugee Education Special Interest Group

Join us to petition for students on TPVs and SHEVs  to be given access to domestic higher and further education opportunities

UTS Building 11 (CB11.04.102)

Speakers: *Dorothy Hoddinott AO (former principal, Holroyd HS)*Zaki Haidari (Amnesty Refugee Campaign Team, and Afghan SHEV Holder)*Mark Goudkamp (Teachers for Refugees) *Recent year 12 students on SHEV, TPV &amp; Bridging Visas *Sally Baker (Refugee Education Special Interest Group***Despite the Albanese government's promise to grant the more than 19,000 refugees on Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs) and Safe Have Enterprise Visas (SHEVs), four months since being elected on 21 May, there is still no timeline for when this will happen.Current and recent year 12 students on TPVs and SHEVs still have to apply to university as international students.In NSW alone there are many students on TPVs and SHEVs about to sit their HSC, while a similar number of asylum seekers are on Bridging Visas Es. There are also a few in Community Detention previously detained on Nauru who have no right to tertiary study at all. The HSC is stressful for any student, but every day that Labor delays reversing Morrison's cruel system of exclusion is unnecessary torture.In addition, hundreds of young refugees and asylum seekers have completed their HSC in the past 8 years, still unable to access university (or TAFE courses above the level of Certificate IV).The only option for these current and recent Year 12 students is to apply for a full-fee waiver scholarship. However, too few universities offer these and many inevitably miss out. Australia is denying these students their basic right to an education.Come and hear our amazing panel of speakers and discuss the next steps in the campaign to win study rights and permanent visas for all.Zoom link for online participation: https://unsw.zoom.us/j/87449717607See here also: https://facebook.com/events/s/study-rights-for-all-refugees-/1551912865259663/

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