Change Your Story with Nia Parry
By Learning and Work Institute / First Campus Reaching Wider
This is the podcast where we hear inspirational stories about people who are gaining qualifications and learning new skills later in life. Host Nia Parry will be asking what drove her guests to change their story. And what advice they have for you if you want to change your story too. This podcast is supported by First Campus Reaching Wider, which is a partnership tackling barriers and supporting progression to higher education.
Latest episode
-
Finding Your Path Into Higher Education
Achieving higher level qualifications can open doors to better careers, higher earnings or more life choices. Nia speaks to three women who didn’t go to university from school. Each has taken a different route to pursue a university education – Emma,… -
Continuing Education as a Young Carer
Right now, there are 800,000 children in the UK who can be defined as young carers. Because of illness, disability or addiction, they juggle their schoolwork with looking after a family member or friend who cannot cope without support. On this... -
Studying Behind Bars
Two former inmates tell Nia about the impact studying in prison had on their lives. Jonathan Gilbert was a practising solicitor who got sentenced to 12 years for his part in a large fraud. Johnny put this experience to good use in prison and... -
Learning At Work
Nia speaks to two women who hated school and overcame confidence issues to gain qualifications through their workplace. Claire Arnold got her qualifications at school - not the first time but when she went back as a learning support assistant in he… -
Developing New Skills As A Refugee or Migrant
Nia speaks to two inspirational women forced to flee their war-torn homelands in search of a better life here in Wales. Larysa Aqbaso was an English teacher in her native Ukraine. After an identity crisis on arrival in the U.K., she adapted her... -
Learning Welsh Later In Life
Nia catches up with two women from the Rhondda who grew up in English speaking homes and learnt Welsh later in life. Sian Sexton was shortlisted for the Welsh learners prize at this year's Eisteddfod. But while Sian started learning when she sent..… -
Inspired To Make The Change
To mark the 2020 Inspire! Adult Learning Awards, Nia speaks to two former winners, Johnny Spence and Scott Jenkinson. Johnny Spence’s severe dyslexia meant his school years were miserable and he ultimately fell into a bad crowd. Scott Jenkinson was.… -
Welcome to Change Your Story
A taster of Change Your Story with Nia Parry. It all starts in Adult Learners Week 2020, so watch out for our first episodes wherever you get your podcasts.
