LEEDS Trinity University is working with a charity on a pioneering research project into challenges faced by migrant children.

The project, which examines the problems experienced by Romanian students at two schools and a college, is the first of its kind in the UK.

The university is working with Harehills charity CATCH, which delivers youth provision and volunteering opportunities.

Professor of Education Sulochini Pather said: “Given the dearth of research around education for Eastern European students in the UK, this is a significant project which provides a snapshot of the lives and education of Romanian children living in a community in Leeds where there are high levels of social and economic disadvantage."

She added: "Future research plans at Leeds Trinity in collaboration with other university partners, include extending the focus to other groups of Eastern European students and other migrant communities, an area of study in the UK which remains under-researched.”