Podcast: First in my family

In this episode of The future of higher education today, we speak to PhD student Amy to hear about the barriers she faced, and what would have helped her university experience. We also chat to Chris Hale and Dan Hurley about the policies that help and hinder students like Amy. 

Episode guests 

Hosted by Lauren Harper, Senior Digital Producer at Universities UK.

Resources 

• Being the first one: attending university as a first-generation student
• Cost of living crisis

Transcript

Download a transcript of this show (pdf).

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