Roadblocks or Roadmaps: research into the undergraduate student experience
Roadblocks or Roadmaps: research into the undergraduate student experience
The Brilliant Club, in collaboration with the Bridge Group, has launched a new research report which found that the first year of study is crucial for building belonging and confidence in academic studies, and that financial pressures have a negative impact on both of these areas.
The study surveyed and interviewed a group of students who previously took part in The Scholars Programme, The Brilliant Club’s flagship widening participation programme that works with the PhD community to deliver university-style learning in schools. It asked the students, now undergraduates at universities across the UK, about the academic, emotional, and financial barriers they faced when they progressed to university. The Bridge Group advised on the approach to qualitative data collection and analysis and supported the overall qualitative research process.