I sat a solitary student in a crowded university classroom, an open book, and empty cup on the marble table top.
Teaching Matters EdinburghShow Notes
In this episode, Dr Neil Speirs narrates real life stories depicting the challenging lived experiences of working class students at the University. He is a Widening Participation manager, practitioner and researcher at The University of Edinburgh. This podcast accompanies the July-August Learning & Teaching enhancement theme: Learning and Teaching Conference 2023.
Transcript of this episode
Time stamps:
1:06: Chapter 1: Getting there
2:19: Chapter 2: Class
19:00: Chapter 3: Solidarity
21:49: Chapter 4: Home time
22:26: Concluding remarks by Neil Speirs
Music for this episode was provided by Hooksounds.
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