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Too often in education we think we know what is best for our students. Not often enough do we listen and hear what our students are saying about their education. This collection tries to show more of the student perspective.
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'I'm mixed-race, is Cambridge University right for me?'

'I'm mixed-race, is Cambridge University right for me?' | The Student Voice | Scoop.it
Anoushka has been offered a place at Cambridge. But she's mixed race and worries she won't fit in. Should she accept the offer?
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What it's like being black and working class at Cambridge

What it's like being black and working class at Cambridge | The Student Voice | Scoop.it

Chelsea Kwakye is not your typical Cambridge University student.
Her mum is a nurse, her dad works in a post office depot, she went to a state school - and she's black and British. 


Newly-released data has found that four-fifths of students accepted at Oxbridge between 2010 and 2015 have parents in top professional and managerial jobs. 


The figures also show that only three of Oxford's 32 colleges made an offer to a black A-level applicant every year over the same period. 


While statistics from Cambridge revealed a quarter of colleges failed to make any offers to black British applicants during that time.

Chelsea, 20, is in her final year studying history at Cambridge.
She told Newsbeat how her university experience has in many ways been shaped by a lack of representation.

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