I sat a solitary student in a crowded university classroom, an open book, and empty cup on the marble table top‪.‬ Teaching Matters Edinburgh

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.