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Policy and Practice on Inclusive Higher Education in the UK and Kenya: A Theoretical Framework and Recommendations

Kioupi, Vasiliki; Nawire, Acquilina Wafula; Musungu, Sally; Nzuve, Felister; Giannopoulos, George; (2023) Policy and Practice on Inclusive Higher Education in the UK and Kenya: A Theoretical Framework and Recommendations. Sustainability , 15 (18) , Article 13540. 10.3390/su151813540. Green open access

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Abstract

This article presents a study that was undertaken as part of a collaborative project between a UK university and a university in Kenya. The study aimed to investigate policies and practices of Inclusion and Inclusive Education in the two universities. Here, we present how Inclusion and Inclusive Education are conceptualized in the two geographical contexts, and review literature on Inclusion, Inclusive Education, disability, race and international/refugee students to develop a theoretical framework that we use to analyze the policies and practices of the two universities in two case studies. Our preliminary findings of this analysis show that Inclusion and Inclusive Education definitions in the two contexts need to be augmented with considerations of identity. We also make recommendations for the two institutions on how they can improve their policies and practices of inclusion, generate new strategies where they are missing or review existing tools and services to evaluate. These recommendations can benefit higher education institutions in the Global North and South.

Type: Article
Title: Policy and Practice on Inclusive Higher Education in the UK and Kenya: A Theoretical Framework and Recommendations
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.3390/su151813540
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.3390/su151813540
Language: English
Additional information: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: inclusion; Inclusive Education; disability; international students; race; refugee students; university policies
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10177064
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