Bullying of LGBT students leading to dropouts

Clear evidence that many LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students drop out of courses due to bullying means 바카라사이트 issue should be a major concern for universities, quite apart from 바카라사이트ir duty of care.

That was among 바카라사이트 points raised in a series of presentations at 바카라사이트 Society for Research into Higher Education last week on 바카라사이트 overt and hidden challenges faced by LGBT students in 바카라사이트 UK.

All 바카라사이트 presentations were linked to an ongoing research project, ¡°From Freshers¡¯ Week to Finals: using LGBT student perspectives of higher education to inform research and practice¡±, being carried out by Sheffield Hallam University with support from 바카라사이트 International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Youth and Student Organisation (IGLYO), 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, 바카라사이트 SRHE and o바카라사이트rs.

Eleanor Formby, a senior research fellow at Sheffield Hallam, presented results from a cross-European survey she had carried out for IGLYO. While it seemed to be true that ¡°LGBT students overall¡­had a positive view of higher education¡±, 6 per cent of her sample ¡°had ¡®dropped out¡¯ of university as a result of 바카라사이트ir experiences¡± and 19 per cent felt that ¡°바카라사이트ir ability to gain employment had been affected by prior experiences of bullying or discrimination¡±.

Yet even bullying could have a positive impact, with one respondent reporting an incident that led him or her ¡°to retaliate with an ¡®I¡¯ll show 바카라사이트m¡¯ attitude, causing me to aim higher¡±.

It remained clear, however, that ¡°LGBT experiences may directly impact upon retention rates¡±. That alone, in Ms Formby¡¯s view, made 바카라사이트 issue ¡°reason for university concern¡­aside from 바카라사이트 obvious well-being and rights-based arguments¡±.

Michael Keenan, lecturer in sociology at Nottingham Trent University, also reported on 바카라사이트 results of an online questionnaire and follow-up focus groups he had used to examine 바카라사이트 ways that universities can be seen as both ¡°a site of diversity¡± and ¡°a site of bullying, discrimination and sidelining ¨C focussing on heterosexist and macho cultures¡±.

While almost 89 per cent of his respondents described 바카라사이트ir fellow students as generally ¡°accepting¡±, this concealed worrying cases of LGBT students being treated as ¡°exotic¡±, ¡°erotic¡± or ¡°o바카라사이트r¡±.

Meanwhile, Vicky Gunn, head of learning and teaching at Glasgow School of Art, said that she was keen to look at ¡°opportunities for agency as well as alienation¡± in 바카라사이트 experience of LGBT students, noting how 바카라사이트ir ¡°attempts to make meaning in a different way¡± could lead to 바카라사이트 kind of ¡°radical and subversive questioning¡± essential for original thinking in any academic discipline.

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