In the ninth episode of Speaking of Research, a podcast from the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership, we meet Isaac Thornton, a doctoral researcher from the University of Brighton. Isaac is researching the experiences of international students in the UK - a group 600,000 strong, whose presence brings vital financial and societal value.
Combining insights from social policy and psychology, Isaac explores how visa restrictions, housing challenges, and soaring tuition fees contribute to social exclusion. His research also reframes resilience not as an individual trait, but as a socially embedded process - one shaped by access to supportive communities and institutional resources.
You can read a transcript of the conversation here.
Find out more about the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership at southcoastdtp.ac.uk
This is a Research Podcasts production.
Credits:
Presenter: Catherine McDonald, Research Podcasts
Guest: Isaac Thornton, University of Brighton
Producer: Krissie Brighty-Glover, Research Podcasts
Editor: Anton Jarvis, Research Podcasts
Transcripts: Lauren White, Research Podcasts
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