Evaluating the Effectiveness of Student-Record Systems in Conflict-Affected Universities in Northwest Syria Relative To Student Transition and Mobility
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dc.contributor.author | Assaf, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lakmes, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Alobaidy, M.G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Shabou, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmad, W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Alhasan, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | De Vries, L.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-10T16:54:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2025-05-10T16:54:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.department | T.C. Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi | en_US |
dc.department-temp | Assaf M., Turkey and USW/CARA Fellow, Kahramanmaraşh Sütçü İmam University, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; Lakmes A., Harran University, Turkey; Alobaidy M.G., Food Security Cluster, Currently studying for a PhD Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkey; Shabou F., Başakşehir university, Istanbul, Turkey; Ahmad W., Gaziantep University, Turkey; Alhasan M., Sham University, Syrian Arab Republic; Trayek F., London school of Science and Technology, Northern Ireland, London, United Kingdom; De Vries L.A., Department of War Studies, King's College London, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | More than a decade of conflict has disrupted all sectors across Syria, including the higher education (HE) sector, depriving much of a generation of Syrian youth of access to HE in areas to which they have been displaced. This research sought to evaluate the effectiveness of student-record systems in facilitating student transition and mobility both inside Syria and beyond, focusing on two universities in the conflict-affected northwest to which the greatest number have been displaced. A mixed-method approach was adopted, combining a student survey (370 respondents), two student focus groups, and six interviews with staff (academic and administrative) from the two study universities. Results revealed a total absence of mobility opportunities due primarily to the universities’ lack of international recognition, as well as financial limitations. The adoption of hardcopy student-record systems due the lack of finance and skills to support digitisation, coupled with a lack of standardised practices across universities in the northwest, whether study-related or other, clearly constrained student transition. Most respondents had little knowledge of transition processes or of alternative integrated-institution-wide-record systems. In a world where robust efficient digitised systems are central international recognition, many students still favoured hardcopy documents, not least as a requirement of employment to help mitigate forgery. Hardcopy systems did not provide students with direct access to essential documentation, creating delays and costs, and the need for in-person transaction in an area of continued insecurity with Government universities actively obstructing transition to non-government universities. Although both study universities are looking to modernise, current limitations continue to negatively affect transition and mobility opportunities. © 2022 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100128 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2666-3740 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-85132281568 | |
dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100128 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/3025 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wosquality | N/A | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier Ltd | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Educational Research Open | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Higher Education | en_US |
dc.subject | Mobility | en_US |
dc.subject | Record Systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Syrian Conflict | en_US |
dc.subject | Transition | en_US |
dc.title | Evaluating the Effectiveness of Student-Record Systems in Conflict-Affected Universities in Northwest Syria Relative To Student Transition and Mobility | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |