SEARCH MENU Find out more about your student experience and our COVID-secure measures. GTRSB INTO HIGHER Breadcrumb Home About us What we stand for GTRSB into Higher Education Pledge GTRSB into Higher Education Pledge FIND OUT MORE Background to the pledge Barriers to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils achievement in compulsory education, in turn reduce their access to HE as the likelihood of gaining the requisite grades at GCSE and A- Level needed to access HE are diminished. There are very few Gypsy, Traveller and Roma (GTR) university students and graduates in the UK, with an estimated average of 200 members of the communities in higher education at any one time (Greenfields, 2019; Mulcahy et. al. 2017). Ensuring support and access to Higher Education for members of these ethnic minority populations, and the wider group of students included under the ‘GTR’ rubric by the OfS (which includes students from New Traveller, Showman and Boater communities) is therefore a matter of social justice, impacting as it does, greater access to employment, increased social mobility, enhanced opportunity and visibility, and increased equality for members of the GTR populations. Information about the pledge What is the purpose of the pledge? What does the pledge contain? How does an institution take the pledge? What happens after an institution ‘takes the pledge’? The Network DOWNLOAD THE 'GTRSB INTO HE' PLEDGE Above, you can access a downloadable PDF document which covers all the information you will need to know about the 'GTRSB into HE' pledge. We hope you can take the pledge with us so that together we can improve access and opportunities into Higher Education for the GTRSB communities. #GTRSBintoHigherEd Contact us If you have any questions about the pledge or simply want to find more information, please contact GTRSB Research Assistant, Sherrie Smith at Sherrie.Smith@bucks.ac.uk. A 'Thank you' The GTRSBintoHigherEd team would like to thank every member of the steering group past and present for their time, dedication and support in making this Pledge become a reality. We are very grateful for input from the Kings College London (KCL), Wider Participation team; Buckinghamshire New University; The Traveller Movement; Friends, Families and Travellers and ACERT (The Advisory Council for Education of Romany and Other Travellers) and to Dr. Graeme Atherton of the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON). We are also extremely grateful for advice received from Mhemooda Malek of the Office for Students; and support received from Dr Rosa Cisneros of Coventry University C-DaRE and Dr Natalie Forster and Martin Gallagher of Northumbria University. None of this work would have been possible without the many community members, widening participation team and academics who have contributed to the research and consultation, and the greatly valued input received from members of the Jiscmail GTRSBintoHE Network. ONLINE RESOURCES STUDENTS APPRENTICES STAFF JOBS ESTORE CONTACT High Wycombe Campus Queen Alexandra Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP11 2JZ T: 01494 522 141 Contact us Make an enquiry LOCATIONS HIGH WYCOMBE CAMPUS UXBRIDGE CAMPUS AYLESBURY CAMPUS MISSENDEN ABBEY CONNECT WITH US DOWNLOADS UNDERGRADUATE PROSPECTUS POSTGRADUATE GUIDE NEWS AND PRESS OFFICE ALUMNI ACCESSIBILITY DATA PROTECTION MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY JOBS © COPYRIGHT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY 2021 Cookie Management We use cookies to personalise and improve your site experience, to enable us to analyse the traffic usage of the website, to remember your settings and privacy choices, and to support our marketing and sales efforts. By selecting "Accept" you agree that Buckinghamshire New University may collect data about you and use cookies or related technologies as described in our cookies statement ACCEPT