Thu.Dec 26, 2024

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Why Scottish students at Edinburgh University want more support to counter classism

The Guardian Higher Education

Only 25% of institutions students are from Scotland, and they are more likely to be from working-class backgrounds From the first day Shanley Breese started her law degree at the University of Edinburgh, she encountered demeaning comments about her accent. She was told she was hard to understand and was asked to repeat herself in tutorials when she used words from the Scots language.

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ResEdChat Ep 99: Care & Connection: Enhancing Your Resident Support with Roompact with John Hughey

Roompact

In this episode of Roompacts ResEdChat, Paul sits down with John Hughey from the University of Mary Washington to discuss how they are leveraging Roompact's software to aid the work of their Coordinated Care Team and their Behavioral Intervention Team.

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Adapting, Growing, Belonging: Finding a Home While Studying Abroad

ISA Journal

Choosing to study abroad was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I have grown tremendously as a person, and choosing Morocco gave me a new perspective on life that I will forever be grateful for.