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The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Wellbeing and Mental Health Challenges of Refugee Students in Higher Institutions of Learning in Uganda: A Case Study of Makerere University (2026) · doi

  The mixed methods case study design limits the generalizability of findings to other contexts. Additionally, participants may have been reluctant to disclose sensitive information due to stigma or social desirability bias. Despite these limitations, the study provides in-depth insights into the mental health experiences of refugee students in higher education. RESULTS This chapter presents a comprehensive analysis of findings on the wellbeing and mental health challenges of refugee students at Makerere University. The findings are presented according to the study objectives and integrate quantitative and a deeper qualitative lived understanding evidence of to provide students’ refugee results factors, focus on characteristics, mental contributing socio- experiences. The health demographic challenges, coping mechanisms, and institutional support systems available to refugee students. The study employed a mixed-methods case study design, combining quantitative data from 30 refugee students with qualitative insights from 15 in-depth interviews and 5 key interviews with university informant counsellors and academic staff. support. The results are organised according to the research objectives: (1) to identify mental health challenges, (2) to examine factors contributing to these challenges, (3) to explore coping mechanisms, and (4) to assess the availability and adequacy of socio- institutional demographic characteristics are presented to of

  Keywords: refugee students mental health challenges mixed case design depth insights experiences university presented according objectives
• Exploring the sources of success for refugee students with high academic performance: experiences at two high schools in Southeast Turkey (2025) · doi

  Intending to this gap in knowledge, therefore this qualitative phenomenological study, aims at exploring the possible sources behind the success of refugee students with high academic performance by using the opinions of school administrators, teachers, and students, triangulated with school observations.

  Keywords: students school intending knowledge qualitative phenomenological aims exploring possible sources behind success refugee high academic
• Research on refugees’ pathways to higher education since 2010: A systematic review (2021) · doi

  Why the new findings matter? This study fills the gap in knowledge by emphasising the exploration of the challenges involved in examining policies and intervention programmes for refugees' pathways into higher education institutions, and suggesting possible theoretical and empirical lenses that can broaden and deepen the research in this field.

  Keywords: matter fills knowledge emphasising exploration challenges involved examining policies intervention programmes refugees pathways higher education