Estranged Students: (Widening) Participation Postcards

Singh, Samia (Illustrator); Taylor, Yvette; Costa, Cristina

Estranged Students: (Widening) Participation Postcards

Singh, Samia (Illustrator); Taylor, Yvette; Costa, Cristina

Authors

Samia (Illustrator) Singh

Yvette Taylor

Dr Cristina Costa cristina.costa@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Abstract

The ‘Estranged Students’ project aims to understand the challenges faced by estranged students. Funded by the Carnegie Trust and the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), work is already informing policy, to ensure these students feel as ‘at home’ and connected as their classmates. Estranged students are now being recognized as a new category of ‘widening participation’, in admissions policies, and in UCAS entry forms. This is just one important way forward, and urge more action on targeting isolation, stigma and a lack of resources. Being careful not to assume all students have families may make estranged students feel more seen and supported. The postcard messages presented in this booklet were produced in our various workshops, conferences and seminars and are intended as training, support and information resources, images designed by Samia Singh.

Citation

Singh, S. (., Taylor, Y., & Costa, C. (2020). Estranged Students: (Widening) Participation Postcards. [[Media unknown]]

Digital Artefact Type	Other
Acceptance Date	May 5, 2020
Online Publication Date	May 5, 2020
Publication Date	2020
Deposit Date	May 5, 2020
Publicly Available Date	May 7, 2020
Publisher	University of Strathclyde
Keywords	Estrangement, Widening participation
Publisher URL	https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/publications/estranged-students-illustrating-the-issues