Student Voice
Student Voice Awards 2020
As part of the annual Estranged Students Solidarity Week 2020 Stand Alone wanted to recognise the dedication of estranged students to and their support with the charity's higher education work. Without the student voice Stand Alone could not have achieved what it did to change higher education for the better for estranged students between 2016 and 2024.
The Student Voice awards 2022 went to:
Amie Waterman, Durham University
Bethan Wallace, University of Cambridge
Blair Anderson, University of Glasgow
Brogen Harrison, Salford University
Meegan Worcester, University of Leeds
Sam Macrae, University of Glasgow
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Stand Alone Student Voice event at Scottish Parliament 18 Sept 2019, hosted by Gillian Martin MSP
A panel of current estranged students gave evidence to MSPs and representatives from across the Scottish Higher Education sector on their experience of the barriers to securing safe and appropriate accommodation while studying and how that can affect their retention and success at university. Read the summary report here
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Estranged students told us how important it is to have support at higher education: Brogen, a student at Salford University talks about why she feels the Pledge is important to students:
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Brunel University estranged students met with their Deputy Vice Chancellor, Bill Leahy on 31 Jan 2018.
"The issues that were mentioned by 'estranged students' I believe were taken seriously and taken note of" says Mustafa Osman. Read his full report here.
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Chloe Fallon was a student at De Montfort University. Read her blog 'Experiencing university as an estranged student: Going through university as an estranged student can be difficult if there is very little support'.
