{"id":17866,"date":"2025-09-25T06:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T05:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=17866"},"modified":"2025-09-25T06:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T05:44:27","slug":"belonging-at-risk-when-university-life-feels-out-of-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/belonging-at-risk-when-university-life-feels-out-of-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Belonging at risk:\u00a0when university life feels out of reach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting into university should be a moment of pride, but for some it brings doubt instead. What stops them from feeling at home on campus?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/34d39d0c-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Financial and social pressures leave many working-class students feeling isolated on campus. Photo Credit: Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When Nadine Cavigioli walked onto the campus of a top UK university to start her doctoral studies, she felt massively out of place. The tall, historic buildings and grand stone halls felt uncomfortable and unfamiliar. It was a world away from the small, friendly art college where she began her journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a first-generation university student from a working-class background, she had already broken new ground for her family. Her mother was a single parent on a very low income, and no one in her family had ever attended university before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI felt like I had stepped a bit too far, doing a doctorate with my background,\u201d says Dr&nbsp;Cavigioli. \u201cI felt quite alien in that space, and I kept thinking I was going to get found out even though I got a distinction from my master\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The doctorate brought pressures she hadn\u2019t expected. Unlike many full-time students who could focus solely on their studies at the research-intensive university, she was managing multiple responsibilities at the same time, making the academic challenge feel overwhelming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFrom the staff\u2019s perspective, they felt I was more than prepared and able to do the doctorate, but psychologically it felt massive,\u201d says Dr Cavigioli. \u201cI wasn\u2019t just doing a doctorate, I was being a mother, I was a teacher, so juggling all these different commitments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These feelings are often called imposter syndrome. In fact, many students experience imposter syndrome, which is when they feel that they aren\u2019t good enough and question their own abilities even when they are doing well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>I felt quite alien in that space, and I kept thinking I was going to get found out even though I got a distinction.<\/p><cite>&#8211; Dr Cavigioli<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While imposter syndrome was reported across all groups, it was much more common among students whose parents hadn\u2019t been to university. About 23% of these students said they felt like imposters, compared to just 2% of students with university-educated parents. In total, 72% of all mentions of imposter syndrome came from students who were the first in their family to go to university, according to a recent study published in <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlehtml\/2025\/sc\/d5sc00205b\">Chemical Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UCL student Jade Burroughs described similar feelings in a <a href=\"https:\/\/studentsunionucl.org\/articles\/imposter-syndrome-at-elite-univeristy\">student blog<\/a> about her first-year experience at the Russell Group university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming from a small town with unemployed parents, Jade found herself monitoring her speech and mannerisms during freshers\u2019 week. She was anxious not to let any pronunciation escape that might expose her working-class background to her more privileged peers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing one among very few in my sixth form to make it into university at all, let alone a Russell Group, made me acutely aware that people like me didn\u2019t go to places like this,\u201d Jade wrote. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Dr Cavigioli works as deputy programme manager at the University of Leeds\u2019 Lifelong Learning Centre, helping other students navigate these same challenges. Her role has given her unique insights into why so many working-class students struggle with belonging at university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of her students are mature, part-time learners who are first-generation university students from working-class backgrounds. They arrive feeling overwhelmed by an academic world that seems designed for people unlike them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost of the students I teach typically had a gap in their education and are coming to university later in life,\u201d she says. \u201cSo quite often they arrive feeling really overwhelmed with navigating university campus, all the terminology that we use, like seminars, mitigating circumstances, personal tutor, not necessarily understanding what these things mean if you\u2019re first in family as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/907856178-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some students arrive at university feeling unfamiliar with the campus environment and unsure how to navigate it. Photo Credit: FatCamera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not only about confidence. For many working-class students, the challenges are not only emotional. They are also practical and affect what students can actually access. As universities rely more on digital tools, students without the right devices or stable internet often struggle to keep up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomeone can say they\u2019ve got a laptop, but that doesn\u2019t mean anything,\u201d says Dr Cavigioli. \u201cYou could have a laptop, but if you\u2019re sharing it with five people, will you be able to really use it for your coursework?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital access also gets in the way. \u201cWe\u2019ve had students submit assignments on their telephone because they don\u2019t have a laptop,\u201d&nbsp;she says. \u201cThere can be assumptions that all students arrive with the technology and access, that everybody\u2019s got broadband, laptop and smartphone, and that isn\u2019t really the case. Or they can have a device, but it\u2019s so old that new software won\u2019t download. It can create a real divide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial pressures compound these difficulties.&nbsp;The shift from grants to loans has fundamentally altered the university experience for working-class students. Where Dr Cavigioli once received full support as a single mother\u2019s daughter, today\u2019s students face mounting debt alongside expensive living costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduates in England now leave university with an average debt of \u00a344,940, according to a 2024 report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-68534953\">BBC News<\/a> based on data from the Student Loans Company. In some cases, the numbers are far higher. The report revealed that one graduate had an outstanding debt of \u00a3230,000, while another had already repaid more than \u00a3110,000.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nus.org.uk\/highest-outstanding-student-debt-data\">National Union of Students<\/a> called the figures an \u201cindictment\u201d of the education system and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suttontrust.com\/news-opinion\/all-news-opinion\/time-to-end-travesty-of-poorest-students-racking-up-highest-debts\/\">Sutton Trust<\/a> warned that such debt levels discourage working-class students from entering higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"17894\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"17894\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/self-love-list-pastel-cycle-diagram-graph-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the many financial pressures students face, rent is often the most immediate and difficult to manage. \u201cThe student accommodation is so expensive,\u201d Dr Cavigioli says. \u201cThere\u2019s a hierarchy where some students can afford to live in nice clean safe areas while others might have to live further away from campus in areas that don\u2019t feel as safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly three in five students (59%) say they struggle with the cost of rent at least some of the time, and 17% face it as a constant problem, according to the National Student Accommodation Survey 2025 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethestudent.org\/money\/surveys\/national-student-accommodation-survey-2025.html\">Save the Student<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even small expenses can quietly separate students. \u201cJust going to get a cup of coffee and a cake on campus for some students isn\u2019t accessible, so that can really impact their socializing with others,\u201d says Dr Cavigioli.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On campus, coffee isn\u2019t just a drink. It\u2019s where conversations happen after class, where friendships are built, and where ideas are exchanged. If you can\u2019t afford to join, you\u2019re not just missing the drink. You\u2019re missing a part of the university experience. Others are chatting over coffee, and you are alone in the library, tired and trying to focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd if you\u2019re worrying about money or if you don\u2019t feel comfortable in your accommodation, if it\u2019s too cold, if it\u2019s too noisy, how are you then expected to be able to focus on your studies?\u201d says Dr Cavigioli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Having a student loan is such a challenge. This business model doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s really working to me.<\/p><cite>&#8211; Dr Cavigioli<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These daily struggles are made worse by a lack of understanding from staff. Dr Cavigioli points out that many university teachers come from middle-class backgrounds and may unknowingly reinforce stereotypes about working-class students through their comments or assumptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA lot of our students have been labelled in one way or another as not being intelligent, and it could just take one teacher to say something,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019ve had students tell us how they were stereotyped by teachers because of their background. It\u2019s quite a middle-class profession in terms of teaching, so there\u2019s been quite a lot of our students that talk about things not going well at secondary school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/09\/2044430357-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Barriers to belonging often begin early, with children from low-income families more likely to feel excluded at school. Photo Credit: Inside Creative House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This exclusion that working-class students feel at university actually starts much earlier in their educational journey. Parvathi Sajiv, a former University Access Officer at The Access Project, works with schools across the UK and sees how the barriers begin building years before university applications. The views she shares are based on her years of experience in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The planning required starts surprisingly early and is staggering in its complexity. \u201cThere\u2019s definitely that gap of knowledge in terms of what one needs to do to go to university,\u201d says Parvathi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you want to go to Oxford or Cambridge, they need you to have GCSE grade 7 and above. If you know you need to get a 7, you need to choose the right subjects from year 9 onwards. Students need to know that if they\u2019re looking at Oxford or Cambridge, they should start thinking about these things very early on,\u201d Parvathi explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many, however, never receive that guidance.&nbsp;\u201cA lot of times students, because of lack of resources or lack of access to that knowledge, are not able to start,\u201d she&nbsp;says. Without someone to help them understand which subjects to pick, or how their choices affect future opportunities, many fall behind long before they reach the application stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The early challenges are not only about missing guidance. Dr Emily Magrath, Director of Programme Development and Impact at IntoUniversity, says many children from low-income families begin school already behind their more affluent peers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have evidence that the young people that we work with are less likely to have the same level of attainment,&nbsp;such as vocabulary or reading age,&nbsp;when they start school,\u201d she says. \u201cSo there\u2019s always a learning gap they have to overcome to catch up, which is difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That gap does not disappear with time. Even when students stay motivated and keep working hard, it can take them much longer to reach their goals. Dr Magrath remembers working with a young woman who wanted to be a doctor. \u201cShe didn\u2019t get the grades to study medicine straight away,\u201d Dr Magrath&nbsp;says, \u201cSo she went to study biomedical science instead. I worked here about eight years and I think&nbsp;she\u2019s just in her second year of medicine now.&nbsp;It\u2019s taken her a long time to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>If&nbsp;mentors&nbsp;come from similar backgrounds, that can always be a powerful thing.<\/p><cite>-Dr Magrath<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every step becomes more difficult for young people who are beginning behind.&nbsp;That is why&nbsp;effective support&nbsp;cannot be put off until the student reaches university.&nbsp;Instead, it&nbsp;needs to&nbsp;start early and continue throughout the whole of their journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At IntoUniversity, Dr Magrath says mentoring helps students grow not only in their schoolwork, but also in their confidence and future planning. Some mentors support students with subjects like maths or English. Others help them build social skills, speak up, or explore careers and university options. The most powerful part, she says, is when mentors come from similar backgrounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf&nbsp;mentors&nbsp;come from similar backgrounds, that can always be a powerful thing,\u201d Dr Magrath&nbsp;says. \u201cTo be able to show, \u2018I just did this journey a couple of years before. This is how I did it,\u2019 and connect young people to that as well.\u201d&nbsp;Representation matters, she adds, because seeing someone like you succeed helps you believe you can do it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Caviglioli applies this principle in her teaching. She is open with students about where she comes from. \u201cI\u2019m very visible about my background and when I interview students, I\u2019m open and I say I\u2019m the first in my family to go to university. I\u2019m from a working-class background, I grew up with quite limited access to resources because of our financial situation. And it can help people feel like, oh, okay, this staff member is gonna understand,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personal support helps, but it cannot fix everything. \u201cObviously there\u2019s lots of staff that do brilliant work in the sector that really go above and beyond. But again, it can be very sort of hidden. It\u2019s frustrating to hear there\u2019s still people that think we live in a class-free society and that working-class students don\u2019t exist,\u201d Dr Caviglioli says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This lack of recognition reflects deeper problems. \u201cIf we could actually collect data on working-class students as well, we currently don\u2019t, because it\u2019s not a protected characteristic. And so that\u2019s the issue, we don\u2019t really understand our working-class students in terms of specifically that kind of culture and community. It&#8217;s measured in other ways which are imperfect,\u201d Dr Caviglioli says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funding model compounds these problems. \u201cHaving a student loan is such a challenge. This business model doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s really working to me. If we could go back to the grants that students don\u2019t have to pay back, that\u2019d be brilliant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI find it really hard, it\u2019s quite emotional work and it\u2019s disappointing to see that we\u2019re in 2025 and people are struggling as much as they are. There\u2019s a whole list of things that we could be doing better,&#8221; says Dr Caviglioli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting into university should be a moment of pride, but for some it brings doubt instead. 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