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Name: | Anna Lewis |
Age: | 22 |
Year of the Fix: | 2015 |
Location: | Bristol |
Campaign: | To help asylum seekers access higher education |
My team and I believe that everyone has a right to an education. We should all have equal access to university.
But for asylum seekers in England, this is not always a reality.
If they haven’t yet been granted full refugee status, asylum seekers can be classed as overseas students by many universities, which means they’re required to pay even higher fees.
With no access to grants or loans, it can make it almost impossible for some young people to enrol in higher education, despite the skills they already possess.
With Fixers, we want to encourage universities to lower fees and offer extra support to asylum seekers who are keen to study.
Here is a list of Fixers helping me with this Fix:
Abdel Magrid | Adam Barnett |
Ali Mills | Amy Finch |
Cait Houlbrook | Chan Pagarami |
Christopher Giles | Eitan Badock Ersten |
Ella Bowie | Filippos Papasarros |
Hannah Millman | Helena Walford |
Ismail Al Rady | Issa Farfour |
Livi Elsmore | Mabel Kippax-Jones |
Mia Thomas | Mohammed Khalil |
Molly Dickenson | Olivia Everist |
Priya Chukowry | Rachel Sheilien |
Ruby Fowden Willey | Sarah Brodie |
Simon Kiser | Syeda Batool |
Tom Charles |
STAR (Student Action For Refugees)
We are members of the STAR group in Bristol. The wider organisation, who are also running an Equal Access campaign, support our Fix. The team have helped to facilitate our project and put us in touch with a charity in Cardiff, where we were able to record the interviews for our Fixers film.
Fixers
Mason Latey
Fern Lulham
Olivia G
'Kate'
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Hannah Baker
Macauley Collinson
Liam Thomas
Becky
Tilly and Bella
Shano
Timothy Cranfield
Lauren Taylor
Jack H
Chelsie Brown
Becky Thorn
Ethan Mcinally
Meghann
Hannah Carter
'Ben'
Jo Quinn
Sam Barakat