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The challenges of being a working-class woman at university
More needs to be done to help working-class women back into higher education, writes BERNADETTE HORTON

WALKING away from a meeting with the dean of my university alongside my classmates, I couldn’t help but smile at our unified collective action. 

Major cuts are having to be made for 2019-20 and when you are personally coming out of your degree with a cumulative £27,000 tuition fee debt, cuts to lecturers and modules are the last thing you want. 

Swinging into action, I got together with my fellow students, organised a formal letter on paper rather than a generic email, which secured an overnight meeting with the dean. 

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