UCL student podcasts: NewCL and JewCL

In this final episode, Coskun and Catarina talk about the challenges of moving in to the world of work after being a First Gen student, including some of the special obstacles that First Gen students face and some advice! In this episode, Coskun talks to Catarina Lomelino and Laura Fisher about their experiences of being students and the importance of thinking about being a first generation student in the wider context of privilege and disadvantage. Cathy also pops up at the end because she cannot quash her unbearable need to editorialise.   If you are curious, UCL Widening Participation offer support to students who are disadvantaged on a range of different dimensions: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/eligibility-criteria. Being a First Gen student is not enough on its own to qualify for extra support, but as we hear on the show, there are nevertheless some obstacles faced by all First Gen students, no matter how privileged or disadvantaged they may be on other grounds.   We are grateful to all the students who shared their stories with us. Thanks also to Dave Pickering for his help in producing and editing the podcast and to the UCL Arena Centre for the money to do the project and the UCL Department of Political Science for all their support. Artwork and music: Coskun Guclu

In this episode, Coskun talks to Catarina Lomelino and Laura Fisher about their experiences of being students and the importance of thinking about being a first generation student in the wider context of privilege and disadvantage. Cathy also pops up at the end because she cannot quash her unbearable need to editorialise.   If you are curious, UCL Widening Participation offer support to students who are disadvantaged on a range of different dimensions: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/eligibility-criteria. Being a First Gen student is not enough on its own to qualify for extra support, but as we hear on the show, there are nevertheless some obstacles faced by all First Gen students, no matter how privileged or disadvantaged they may be on other grounds.   We are grateful to all the students who shared their stories with us. Thanks also to Dave Pickering for his help in producing and editing the podcast and to the UCL Arena Centre for the money to do the project and the UCL Department of Political Science for all their support. Artwork: Coskun Guclu (NewCL), Sam Henning (JewCL) Music: Coskun Guclu (NewCL), Jonny Line (JewCL)

In this episode, Coskun catches up with UCL First Generation Society President, Rebeka Ninikova. Rebeka tells her story as a first gen student and also explains why she ran for office in the First Gen Soc, what her role is and how you can get involved. Find out more here: http://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/first-generation-society     If you are curious, UCL Widening Participation offer support to students who are disadvantaged on a range of different dimensions: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/eligibility-criteria. Being a First Gen student is not enough on its own to qualify for extra support, but as we hear on the show, there are nevertheless some obstacles faced by all First Gen students, no matter how privileged or disadvantaged they may be on other grounds.   We are grateful to all the students who shared their stories with us. Thanks also to Dave Pickering for his help in producing and editing the podcast and to the UCL Arena Centre for the money to do the project and the UCL Department of Political Science for all their support. Artwork and music: Coskun Guclu

Cathy is back with new series of student podcasts! For the NewCL project, Coskun Guclu – a first generation students – has conducted research interviews to find out the experiences of first generation students at UCL, including the obstacles they face, the joys of being a first generation student and whether we should even call them that. In this episode, Cathy and Coskun discuss the findings and introduce the podcast series.   In this episode, Coskun talks to Catarina Lomelino and Laura Fisher about their experiences of being students and the importance of thinking about being a first generation student in the wider context of privilege and disadvantage. Cathy also pops up at the end because she cannot quash her unbearable need to editorialise.   If you are curious, UCL Widening Participation offer support to students who are disadvantaged on a range of different dimensions: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/eligibility-criteria. Being a First Gen student is not enough on its own to qualify for extra support, but as we hear on the show, there are nevertheless some obstacles faced by all First Gen students, no matter how privileged or disadvantaged they may be on other grounds.   We are grateful to all the students who shared their stories with us. Thanks also to Dave Pickering for his help in producing and editing the podcast and to the UCL Arena Centre for the money to do the project and the UCL Department of Political Science for all their support. Artwork and music: Coskun Guclu

Have you noticed that male authors outnumber female authors on your reading lists? Do you find it problematic and discouraging? We investigated these issues –- and more -- in a project supported by the UCL ChangeMakers and made a podcast to share our findings with you. You will learn about female academics’ significant impact on young women's aspirations to pursue postgraduate study or a career in academia. We also discuss the burdens of being women in academia, the culture of insecurity and self-doubt among women academics and students, alongside possible solutions for making academia more diverse. We hope that our findings are heard by many students and academics and that universities across the UK apply them to their academic environments. Let's begin by building a community of like-minded individuals at UCL to support positive change and make our university a truly inclusive space for all students and academics!
 Get in touch: Tsovinar Kuiumchian - tsovinar.kuiumchian.13@ucl.ac.uk Imogen Resnick - imogen.resnick@sant.ox.ac.uk Come to the Feminising Academia panel discussion on the 14th of March to explore these issues further. You will have a chance to go in-depth into our topic with four brilliant women academics and ask questions about intersectionality in academia, the history of feminism at UCL, and navigating male-dominated disciplines as a woman. Follow the link for the details: www.facebook.com/events/283434012338286/ Podcast was hosted by Dave Pickering.  Listen to his podcast on mansplaining masculinity: Standuptragedy – Sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity Music by Bradley Hutchings. Find him on Instagram: @bradley_hutchings

In this final episode of the JewCL podcast, Cathy, Manya, Sarai and Laura talk about how they did the research, how they worked as a team and what they all learned from it all.   In the JewCL podcast, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all. This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley. We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research. The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts, The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted. Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project. Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.

In this episode, Cathy, Laura, Manya and Sarai talk about Jewish students' worries about who represents them on campus. We also discuss some of the challenges to living Jewishly that came up in our interviews.   In the JewCL podcast, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all. This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley. We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research. The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts, The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted. Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project. Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.

In this episode, Cathy, Laura, Sarai and Manya talk about some of the things Jewish students wish their teachers wouldn't do and why most teachers will never get to hear about it. And Cathy makes a confession. In the JewCL podcast, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all. This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley. We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research. The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts, The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted. Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project. Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.

In this episode, Cathy, Manya, Sarai and Laura talk about some of the difficulties that come up for Jewish students when talking about Israel on campus, as well as the problems of making assumptions. It's a tricky conversation in places and we are reflective about that towards the end of the episode.     In the JewCL podcat, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all.   This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley.   We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research.   The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts, The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted.   Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project.   Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.

In this episode, Cathy, Sarai, Laura and Manya discuss some of the unfortunate jokes and tropes that Jewish UCL students sometimes encounter in their everyday lives and talk about why they aren't OK and what the consequences are for our interviewees.   In the JewCL podcast, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all.   This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley.   We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research.   The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted.   Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project.   Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.

In this episode, Cathy, Manya, Sarai and Laura discuss the stories of UCL Jewish students who try to navigate discussions of the Holocaust in their life as students. It is a particularly solemn episode, in keeping with the subject matter. In the JewCL podcast, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all.   This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley.   We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research.   The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted.   Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project.   Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.

In this – the first episode of the JewCL podcast – Cathy, Laura, Manya and Sarai introduce themselves and talk about why it's called the JewCL podcast (apart from the obvious – that it's about Jews and we're at UCL). We explain our research project and then we discuss what our interviewees told us about what it's like to come out as Jewish and some of the remarks that make it tricky.   In the JewCL podcast, three Jewish students and their teacher chat about their research project into Jewish life at UCL, what they discovered, how they discovered it and what they think about it all.   This show is presented by Cathy Elliott, Manya Eversley, Laura Katan and Sarai Keestra. It is produced and edited by Sarai Keestra, Laura Katan and Manya Eversley.   We are grateful to the Arena Centre for Research-Based Education and Liberating the Curriculum at UCL, especially Teresa McConlogue and Mira Vogel, for giving us the idea and a small grant to do the research.   The podcast would not have been possible without the help of Dave Pickering. You should listen to his podcasts The Family Tree (co-produced with Jen Adamthwaite) and Getting Better Acquainted.   Thanks also to the Department of Political Science for letting Cathy spend time on the project.   Music by Jonny Line. Artwork by Sam Henning.