Name: S1: EP 15. Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. Chrissie's Story. by The Open Circle Podcast
Duration: 58 min 33 s
Description: In this podcast we explore Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as they are the least likely to access Higher Education. We meet our guest, Chrissie Brown (Widening Participation Officer, Kings College London) to hear about her lived experience as a Traveller accessing HE and also the work she has done with these three communities with the 'Rom Belong' programme.

In this podcast we explore Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities as they are the least likely to access Higher Education. We meet our guest, Chrissie Brown (Widening Participation Officer, Kings College London) to hear about her lived experience as a Traveller accessing HE and also the work she has done with these three communities with the 'Rom Belong' programme.

S1: EP 15. Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. Chrissie's Story.

In this episode we hear from a trio of proud working class educationists to explore how we speak or the way we are pressured to speak. The trio being: Senior Lecturer, Dr. Maureen Farrell (University of Glasgow), Chris Bayes (SEER & PURSUE co-founder) and Ant Sutcliffe (Head of Higher Horizons and PURSUE co-founder ). Expect lived experience and honest opinions.
Get in touch via email:   theopencirclepodcast@gmail.com.

S1: EP 17. Language, Dialect and Accents.

In this podcast we invite PURSUE's Ant Sutcliffe (Head of Higher Horizons)  and Ben Copsey (City, University of London) on to discuss their lived experience of growing up/living  in two different Post-Industrial towns.

S1: EP 20. Post-Industrial Towns. Ant and Ben's Stories..

In this pod, TOC is exploring the importance of mentoring for learners from working class backgrounds and who are 1st generation into Higher Education. What better way to do this than invite two guests who have the direct lived experience: Laura Gray (CEO of Brightside Mentoring) and Anton Springett (Brightside mentee/mentor and undergraduate).  Tune in to find out about the power of targeted and supportive mentoring and it's impact on young people going on to access HE.

S1: EP 22. The Importance of Mentoring. Anton & Laura's Stories.

Is it nice to be beside the seaside- oh to be beside the sea? Or is everyday like Sunday? TOCP invites Rita Dattani to explore her journey from refugee- to graduate- to Primary Teacher- to working in WP and Higher Education in coastal regions.

S1: EP 24. Coastal Towns. Rita's Story

Grab your headphones and running shoes as we welcome PURSUE friend and colleague, Mary Coles (Higher Education Outreach Officer and Coach) from City College Plymouth and (UniConnect Partnership) Next Steps South West. Run with us and get up to speed- as we'll be exploring Mary's unique track into HE & WP via SUs whilst discussing her lived experience and background along the way.

S1: EP 25. Student Unions. Mary's Story.

To round off our week exploring careers in the NHS, TOCP welcomes Geraldine Thompson (Clinical Photography/Forensic/Medical Illustrator at Manchester Hospitals NHS) to share her journey through Higher Education as a working class student to her extensive career evidencing crime scenes, medical conditions and frontline support as an Clinical Photographer.

S1: EP 27. A Career Behind The Lens. Geraldine's Story.

Take the red pill and follow us down the rabbit hole to explore the problems with Social Mobility and Levelling Up with Chris Bayes (Educationalist & PURSUE co-founder) and Andy Griffith (Nationally acclaimed, award-winning educational trainer, consultant and writer).
As an educationalist what will your choice be?

S1: EP 28. Juxtaposed with U. The Problem with Social Mobility and Levelling Up.

It's all aboard the groovy train with several proud Liverpudlians to explore the heritage and working class consciousness of Liverpool.
Alongside our very own scouser, Chris Bayes, we bring you a line-up, Shankly himself would be proud of:
>Pete Hooton. Musician and founder of the Indie band 'The Farm' and creator of cult fanzine 'The End'.
>Simon Hughes. Sports Journalist for the 'The Athletic' and author of several books on Liverpool's social history and sports teams.
> Daniel Fieldsend. Author and writer of 'Local' and other books on this great city. 👀 Checkout featured work:
Peter Hooton #TheFarm📙 https://amzn.to/3A31Oj5
Simon Hughes 📘 https://amzn.to/3MKBfXL
Dan Fieldsend📗 https://amzn.to/3MODkC0
Produced by Tim Roe

S2: EP 1. Know Your Place: Liverpool.

Tim and Chris invite two proud guests from Oldham: Najma Khalid MBE (Founder of The Women's Chai Project) and Ian Wolstenholme (Director of Oldham Community Radio) to discuss their lived experiences of living in this fascinating town in Greater Manchester and what this place means to them.
Recorded in March 23. 
Show links:
-Najma
Website:   https://womenschaiproject.co.uk/
Podcast:   https://soundcloud.com/user-894710240
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/najma-khalid-mbe-a86b2532/
-Ian
OCR:  https://www.oldhamcommunityradio.com/
https://soundcloud.com/organbroadcaster
-Oldham
https://www.facebook.com/loveoldham
https://www.coliseum.org.uk/news/oldham-coliseum-theatre-confirms-closure/

S2: EP 4. Know Your Place: Oldham.

In this episode, we're off to West Yorkshire to meet Haligonian Punk Poet, Keiron Higgins as he shares his lived experiences of growing-up and living in Halifax and how this influences his poetry.

You can find Keiron's poetry and further info below:

>WEBSITE: https://keironh87.wixsite.com/keironhigginspoetry
>LINKTREE: linktr.ee/keironhiggspoet
>BOOKS AMAZON: https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AKeiron+Higgins&s=relevancerank&text=Keiron+Higgins&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

S2. EP 5. Know Your Place: Halifax.

The Podcast by the PURSUE network. MOBILISE, EDUCATE, AGITATE!
Promoting and representing the working class voice in Widening Participation and HE through lived experience.
Expect personal insights, tips, strategies, advice, and frank uncensored debate.  Produced by Tim Roe.

S1: EP 15. Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. Chrissie's Story.

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