When students are discussed at a national – or even a local – level the sheer diversity of within this group is often overlooked.
When it comes to big policy decisions or articles in the popular press, the default student enters a university you have heard of, straight from school, with three good A levels, studying a traditional academic subject in order to graduate with an honours degree.
They likely come from a background where university entry is expected – so possess all of the innate skills and attributes that allow them to flourish in higher education.
Parts of that are true.
