Hope you guys enjoy this episode, featuring our very own Media & Communications Specialist Poppy Jeffery! Poppy, Megan, and Daillen discuss the experiences of 'working class' students at elite universities in the UK. We elaborate on definitions of social class and variations across cultural contexts; ongoing structural inequalities within UK higher education and specifically Poppy's study at the University of Edinburgh; myths and realities of social mobility; and the method known as narrative analysis, which Poppy used to collect and tell the stories of her participants.
This episode traverses issues of social class as well as race, immigration status, sexuality, etc. as we try to better understand the fluidity of class identity and class-based discrimination as it pertains to higher education institutions. We end by looking at the progress being made towards a more equitable university experience for all.
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You can find Poppy on Instagram at @poppodontstoppo. In this episode, she references Goldthorpe's (1992) definition of 'working class' and The 93% Club.
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