Links

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Roma and Traveller communities in education

The following links are offered as key information about Roma and Traveller inclusion and education

European Commission’s Ten Basic Common Principles for Roma Inclusion

EU Framework for National Roma Integration strategies up to 2020

https://eal.britishcouncil.org/eal-sector/research-roma-pupils EAL Nexus Research on Roma Pupils: background information to understand the education needs of pupils from new migrant Roma communities 

http://www.grtleeds.co.uk/index.html Gypsy Roma Traveller Achievement Service, Leeds.  Resources include good practice guide with varied examples from Leeds primary schools http://www.grtleeds.co.uk/downloads/GRTAS-good-practice-guide.pdf

http://romanistudies.eu/ European academic network on Romani studies

http://www.romachildren.com/ EU/UNICEF Roma Children

http://www.romaeducationfund.hu/ Roma Education Fund: helping Roma organisations and local governments access EU funds for Roma education

http://www.ispmn.gov.ro/page/despre-institut Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities

http://urbarom.hypotheses.org/?lang=en_GB UrbaRom European Observatory of policies toward groups referred to as Roma/Gypsies 

http://www.romasource.eu/  Roma SOURCE: a European project to stop discrimination and improve understanding between Roma and mainstream communities.

http://travellerstimes.org.uk/Services/Education--Training.aspx Travellers' Times Online directory of education and training services in the UK

Education projects with Roma and Traveller communities

Here are links to other projects working with Roma and Traveller communities in education.  

http://www.rom-act.eu/ ROM-act: widening access to non-formal and informal learning validation systems among Roma and Traveller women in Europe

http://romani.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/rms/browse Romani Linguistics and Romani Language Projects, University of Manchester

http://romani.uni-graz.at/romlex/ ROMLEX Romani lexical database, University of Graz

http://rom-up.eu/home.htm International Romani network to raise awareness of successful educational experiences

http://www.utopiadream.info/educarom/educarom/ EducaROM Inclusive Teaching Materials for Adults: The Roma

http://romed.coe-romact.org/ EU project to train mediators to work with Roma communities and local authorities

http://www.ternype.eu/ TernYpe International Roma Youth Network

http://grthm.natt.org.uk/ Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month (site archived by National Association of Teachers of Travellers and Other Professionals)

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/read/29942#.VTd4tIHoEmI.twitter University of Sussex research project to improve Roma community access to Higher Education

https://romamatrix.eu/research Understanding Roma inclusion, University of York & University of Salford

 

Other relevant links include: 

http://www.naldic.org.uk/ UK National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum 

http://www.romanit.fi/ Finnish Roma information website