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TopicAccess & participation

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Students gathered outside a locked gate in front of a brutalist concrete university building

Have your uni’s bursaries kept up with the cost of living?

From primary school to PhD, what universities owe low-income students

From primary school to PhD, what universities owe low-income students

A new report is out on employment disadvantage and here’s what SUs need to know

A new report is out on employment disadvantage and here’s what SUs need to know

Where student opportunities appear in APPs (and why that matters)

Where student opportunities appear in APPs (and why that matters)

It’s the journey, stupid. What SUs need to know about new research on students who commute

It’s the journey, stupid. What SUs need to know about new research on students who commute

Here’s what the Russell Group have to say about widening access to postgraduate study

Here’s what the Russell Group have to say about widening access to postgraduate study

Comparing the financial help that universities give to students (In England)

Comparing the financial help that universities give to students (In England)

Does going to university make you happier (and more socially mobile?)

Does going to university make you happier (and more socially mobile?)

Here’s what access and participation looks like in London

Here’s what access and participation looks like in London

Before learning becomes only for the chosen ones

Before learning becomes only for the chosen ones

Mike Day|SU blog|
Do you have a 2,000,000 kr. idea?

Do you have a 2,000,000 kr. idea?

Mack Marshall|SU blog|
How (and why) to respond to the Welsh Government’s call for evidence on the future of tertiary education

How (and why) to respond to the Welsh Government’s call for evidence on the future of tertiary education

What does the 2025 Access Insights report mean for SUs?

What does the 2025 Access Insights report mean for SUs?

Supporting students when money’s tight

Supporting students when money’s tight

Kellie McAlonan|SU blog|
Building a neuroinclusive campus

Building a neuroinclusive campus

Layna Forbes|SU blog|
What’s in APPs on belonging and social connection?

What’s in APPs on belonging and social connection?

What does it actually cost to apply to a postgraduate course?

What does it actually cost to apply to a postgraduate course?

Where are students and SUs in access and participation interventions?

Where are students and SUs in access and participation interventions?

Did universities involve students and SUs properly in APPs?

Did universities involve students and SUs properly in APPs?

We’re missing the care leavers in postgraduate study support

We’re missing the care leavers in postgraduate study support

Jacob Dyke|SU blog|
Why sport needs to be more accessible at modern universities

Why sport needs to be more accessible at modern universities

Oluwatomisin Osinubi|SU blog|
The #exceptional campaign: Raising the bar on student financial wellbeing

The #exceptional campaign: Raising the bar on student financial wellbeing

Kellie McAlonan|SU blog|
The Government should introduce an extended maintenance loan for independent students

The Government should introduce an extended maintenance loan for independent students

Niall Hignett|SU blog|
What are incoming students thinking and why it matters to SUs

What are incoming students thinking and why it matters to SUs

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