Outputs (5)

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing (2022)
Book Chapter
Myers, M. (2022). Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing. In Mental Wellbeing in Schools: What Teachers Need to Know to Support Pupils from Diverse Backgrounds (37-47). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003160526-4

Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller (GRT) communities suffer some of the worst health outcomes in the UK including low levels of life expectancy, high rates of infant mortality, and a high prevalence of chronic health conditions (McFadden et al., 2018; NHS, 2... Read More about Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing.

Cosmopolitan Brands: graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities (2021)
Journal Article
Myers, M., & Bhopal, K. (2021). Cosmopolitan Brands: graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42(5-6), 701-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.1941763

Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s analysis of the competition for economic, social and cultural capitals within educational fields, this article reports empirical research from 49 in-depth interviews with graduate students at four elite universities in th... Read More about Cosmopolitan Brands: graduate students navigating the social space of elite global universities.

An inheritance of exclusion: Roma education, genetics and the turn to biosocial solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2020). An inheritance of exclusion: Roma education, genetics and the turn to biosocial solutions. Research in Education, 107(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523719880205

Since the 1990s an increasing body of genetic studies of Roma people has been conducted and used to understand their lives. This includes research on health issues such as genetic predispositions to obesity or high cholesterol levels and the migratio... Read More about An inheritance of exclusion: Roma education, genetics and the turn to biosocial solutions.

Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of ‘mobility’ on education (2017)
Journal Article
Myers, M. (2018). Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of ‘mobility’ on education. Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(3), 353-369. https://doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2017.1395323

This paper argues that Gypsy students in primary and secondary education in the UK are marginalised because of ambiguous understandings of their ‘mobility’. Drawing on research conducted on the south coast of England, it examines Gypsy families’ expe... Read More about Gypsy students in the UK: the impact of ‘mobility’ on education.

Marginal groups in marginal times: Gypsy and Traveller parents and home education in England, UK (2015)
Journal Article
Bhopal, K., & Myers, M. (2016). Marginal groups in marginal times: Gypsy and Traveller parents and home education in England, UK. British Educational Research Journal, 42(1), 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3198

This article examines the experiences of home education for Gypsy and Traveller groups in England, UK. We argue that home education is perceived in a particular historical ‘moment’ characterised in the media and more generally throughout society by ‘... Read More about Marginal groups in marginal times: Gypsy and Traveller parents and home education in England, UK.