Laurence Gesman: advocating for underrepresented students
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“In my role I represent care-experienced students and help organise events for new students from similar backgrounds, where we can talk about our experiences.” Laurence is a fifth-year medical student and Student Lead for the Underrepresented Student Support Team, which looks after students from care-experienced (foster or adoptive care, children’s care home or kinship care) […] The post Laurence Gesman: advocating for underrepresented students appeared first on Imperial people .
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