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Access & participation
Explainers and SU blogs on this topic, newest first.
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Before learning becomes only for the chosen ones
Mike Day
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SU blog
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15/04/26
Do you have a 2,000,000 kr. idea?
Mack Marshall
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SU blog
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14/04/26
Supporting students when money’s tight
Kellie McAlonan
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SU blog
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15/01/26
Building a neuroinclusive campus
Layna Forbes
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SU blog
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20/11/25
We’re missing the care leavers in postgraduate study support
Jacob Dyke
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SU blog
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11/09/25
Why sport needs to be more accessible at modern universities
Oluwatomisin Osinubi
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SU blog
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14/08/25
The #exceptional campaign: Raising the bar on student financial wellbeing
Kellie McAlonan
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SU blog
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08/08/25
The Government should introduce an extended maintenance loan for independent students
Niall Hignett
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SU blog
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24/07/25
How to increase student participation, reflections from an officer about to return to the classroom
Gracie Otley
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SU blog
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19/06/25
The principled class approach
Mike Day
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SU blog
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08/01/25
Why being a disengaged student turned student officer was beneficial
Katie Jackson
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SU blog
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22/10/24
The SU theory of change is broken. Nudniks might fix it
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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06/09/24
Here’s six headlines for SUs from this year’s Secret Life of Students
Livia Scott
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SU blog
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14/03/24
How to be a students’ union officer from a working class background
Darcie Jones
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SU blog
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08/02/24
Widening participation won’t happen by magic
Tom Wellesley
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SU blog
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19/09/23
It’s all coming up – 12 things for SUs think about in 2022
Jim Dickinson
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SU blog
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14/12/21
An open letter to the new Director for Fair Access and Participation
Jaudat Alogba
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SU blog
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24/11/21
Letting students lead – reflections on virtual access and outreach
Esme Cavendish
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SU blog
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09/07/21
Student input into APPs must not disappear into a regulatory vortex
Francesco Masala
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SU blog
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21/05/21
The impact of the pandemic upon student opportunities
Team Wonkhe
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SU blog
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12/03/21
Poorer students are less likely to take part in sport at university
Kerry Griffiths
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SU blog
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28/01/21
The big mobile firms shouldn’t forget university students
Gagandeep Kaur
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SU blog
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06/01/21
If it all goes online, who might we leave behind?
Rosie Hunnam
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SU blog
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28/08/20
We could make a massive difference to student parents
Becky Thomson
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SU blog
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18/06/20
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