SCAPP and Universities of Sanctuary would like to start a conversation amongst widening access and participation colleagues across Scotland who have an interest in refugees' and asylum seekers' access to Higher Education

SCAPP (Scotland's Community of Access and Participation Practitioners) is a cross-sectoral professional practitioners network supporting colleagues in Scotland engaged in widening access and participation activity, evaluation and research.

Universities of Sanctuary is an initiative that seeks to support universities to develop a culture and a practice of refugee welcome and to do this in a networked way, with other higher education institutions.

The involvement of widening access and participation colleagues is key to this endeavour, and we would like to understand the challenges faced in supporting refugees and asylum seekers in HE, identify areas of existing good practice, as well as identify questions and areas for development, with a view to organising a webinar later on this summer.

This event will be of interest to colleagues already working with refugee and asylum seekers or those interested in finding out more.