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

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



Only 25% of institution’s students are from Scotland, and they are more likely to be from working-class backgroundsFrom 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.“It was just a little thing to differentiate us and point it out … It meant that I didn’t participate in my tutorials,” she says. Continue reading…



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Author : Rachel Keenan

Publish date : 2024-12-26 18:13:04

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