Today on THESIS we will be discussing what the term “Arbeiterkinder” means in Germany with Martina Kübler, a Regional Coordinator at ArbeiterKind.de, a not-for-profit organization which works with universities and organizes volunteers to support first-generation students throughout Germany in navigating higher education while these students are in secondary school and, or, attending university. In this…

In today’s episode we discuss first-in-family students in Australia with Professor Sarah O’Shea and Dr. Kylie Austin. Professor O’Shea has published a significant amount of research on first in family students in Australia and in Europe. Much of her work observes how first in family students are intersected by other categories and groupings that can…

To start off this season focusing on First Generation or First in Family Students, we sit down today with La’Tonya Rease Miles. LT has focused on the first generation student experience in the United States both as a researcher and as a practitioner, and advises universities around the United States on supporting first generation students….

The THESIS team is excited to announce that our next season will premier on June 2nd, 2023, covering the topic of first-generation, or first-in-family, students! We’ll be speaking with researchers and practitioners about the history and context surrounding the first-generation student experience, different definitions used, the support networks of these students, the challenges they face…

THESIS Interludes are episodes occurring in between seasons where we feature students in the process of developing their research projects in the field of higher education. Guests are asked what the research topic is, why they chose it, which methods they are using, what challenges they have faced, and what they have learned thus far…

THESIS Interludes are episodes occurring in between seasons where we feature students in the process of developing their research projects in the field of higher education. Guests are asked what the research topic is, why they chose it, which methods they are using, what challenges they have faced, and what they have learned thus far…

THESIS Interludes are episodes occurring in between seasons where we feature students in the process of developing their research projects in the field of higher education. Guests are asked what the research topic is, why they chose it, which methods they are using, what challenges they have faced, and what they have learned thus far…

THESIS Interludes are episodes occurring in between seasons where we feature students in the process of developing their research projects in the field of higher education. Guests are asked what the research topic is, why they chose it, which methods they are using, what challenges they have faced, and what they have learned thus far…

Today we feature a conversation with Dr. Will Brehm, Associate Professor at the University College London and host of the FreshEd Podcast, about the role of international influence in the Cambodian higher education system. Dr. Brehm received his bachelor and master degrees from Lehigh University in the United States and completed his doctorate in International…

Today we are speaking with Oudai Tozan, who is originally from Syria and moved to the United Kingdom in 2015 where he is now a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge. The topic of our discussion today is the state of higher education in Syria before and after 2011 when the conflict started, which…