Research report, executive summary and literature review examining how public services, primarily schools but also other services such as health and social care, are meeting the educational provision needs of refugee children in Scotland. It focuses not only on the ‘formal’ aspects of education but also the school as a site for integration for refugee children and their families.

This workshop is focused deepening our understanding of the experiences and challenges faced by refugees who have resettled in Scotland. It will share the findings from two new What Works Scotland research reports which look at how public services are responding to meeting the needs of refugees and asylum seekers.

Dr Maureen McBride was a Research Associate at What Works Scotland. She is now a Research Associate on the Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland project. About Maureen’s research Maureen recently completed her ESRC-funded PhD, entitled Rethinking Sectarianism in Scotland, at the University

Seminar that looked at the experiences of community-based projects working locally on combating prejudice. It reflected on experience of doing this work and explored the lessons being learnt about how to support it.