Graeme Atherton
Professor Graeme Atherton, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Regional Engagement) at the University of West London, Vice-Principal of Ruskin College Oxford, and Director of the World Access to Higher Education Network (WAHEN).
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Sep 3, 2026
18:16
Can you tell listeners a bit about your work and the opportunities you're helping to shape?
Graeme AthertonGUEST
Yes, as you said, I'm based at University of West London, which is a large multi-faculty institution in London.
Graeme AthertonGUEST
We serve mainly first-generation students and many students from non-white backgrounds.
Graeme AthertonGUEST
We look rigorously at the courses we offer at UWL to ensure the opportunities for particularly our learners, many of whom, as I say, have made a sacrifice to enter higher education in order to progress.
21:28
And I would love to hear how degree apprenticeships have helped you open up that access and also what barriers do you still see? Well,