Nicholette Pollard-Odle, Evaluation Officer at TASO, explores the often-overlooked experiences of student parents in higher education, highlighting challenges such as limited data tracking, financial strain, and structural barriers within universities.
In line with recent calls for widening participation
and ‘getting in, getting on and getting out’, Jezz Brown argues the case that universities cannot claim to be bastions of opportunity until they provide adequate support for their underrepresented students.
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