Alija Avdukic
Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England
Avdukic, Alija; Khaleel, Fawad; Abdullah, Ahmed; Brawe, Abdulbasit H.
Authors
Abstract
The unwillingness of the Somali community to finance higher education has largely gone unnoticed within the academic literature and government policy documents. This study explores the role of religion and the influence of Shari'ah scholars on the use of interest-bearing student loans within the Somali community. In the absence of any theoretical framework on this topic, we explore the multiple socioeconomic factors that may influence the attitude, perception of need, motivation and action of using student loans for higher education, by proposing the UK Somali Muslims Acceptance of Interest-bearing Student Loan Model. This is also a community-based participatory study that actively involved Somali community members in exploring and interpreting the results. This was achieved through regular consultations with the sampled Somali Muslim communities within the UK. Our results contribute to the broader debate on the effect of cultural, religious and social values of marginalised communities on inclusion and widening access policies for higher education. The findings reemphasise that people sharing the same location do not necessarily share the same level of opportunities for higher education because of the intersectionality of race, religion, gender and class. The results also show the complexity of the issue of exclusion and the atheoretical nature of student loans as a financial instrument for improving financial inclusion and widening access to higher education among Somali residents in England.
Citation
Avdukic, A., Khaleel, F., Abdullah, A., & Brawe, A. H. (2023). Religion as a barrier to the use of student loans for higher education: A community‐based participatory study with Somalis living in England. British Educational Research Journal, 49(2), 370-404. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3847
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Nov 24, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 20, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2023-04 |
Deposit Date | Dec 21, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | British Educational Research Journal |
Print ISSN | 0141-1926 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-3518 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 370-404 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3847 |
Keywords | ethical religious values, Somali Muslim community, student loans, widening participation |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2987890 |
Files
Religion As A Barrier To The Use Of Student Loans For Higher Education: A Community‐based Participatory Study With Somalis Living In England
(1.5 Mb)
PDF
Publisher Licence URL
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
You might also like
Re-placing the Displaced Ethicality and decolonizing the Islamic Banking & Finance Industry: A Social Entrepreneurship Perspective
(2023)
Presentation / Conference
Temporality and Futurity of the Forgotten: Everyday Lives of Syrian Refugees in Scotland amid Covid-19 Pandemic
(2023)
Presentation / Conference
In-between Belongings: Impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the Lives of Syrian Refugees in Scotland
(2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Higher Accountability Framework for the Muslim Charities: Assessing Accountability Performance of Muslim Charities in the UK
(2023)
Presentation / Conference
Downloadable Citations
About Edinburgh Napier Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@napier.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search