We Don't Need no Higher Education
How integrated communications convinced teenagers to Aimhigher
Introducing the Grunger
What do you imagine is the most popular stereotype of a university student among teenagers from tough backgrounds in Brixton? An upperclass twit, perhaps? Or maybe a scholarly loner? Actually it's neither. When we went out to talk to teenagers in South London about their preconceptions of university students we were surprised to unearth a new stereotype: 'The Grunger'. The Grunger, according to the young people we spoke to, is a privileged middleclass student who likes...