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Six Things You Ought to Know About Being Working Class at the University of Reading … and One Hope for the Future
11/17/2025 9:49 AM

As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University of Reading. Beginning with the widening participation roots of the University in the 1890s Oxford Extension movement and coming right up to date with policy recommendations […]

Abbie Tibbott – What does the literature tell us about supporting working class students?
11/12/2025 12:00 PM

As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University of Reading. Beginning with the widening participation roots of the University in the 1890s Oxford Extension movement and coming right up to date with policy recommendations […]

Immy Lawlor – How university can unite working class students of all ethnicities (for all the wrong reasons)
11/10/2025 12:03 PM

As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University of Reading. Beginning with the widening participation roots of the University in the 1890s Oxford Extension movement and coming right up to date with policy recommendations […]

Sharla Attala – Let’s talk about class!
10/31/2025 12:01 PM

As part of the University’s Centenary Celebrations, a team led by David Stack in History has been researching the experiences of students and staff from working-class backgrounds at the University of Reading. Beginning with the widening participation roots of the University in the 1890s Oxford Extension movement and coming right up to date with policy recommendations […]

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