An International Student Experience with JanMell Dugenio

The aim of this podcast is to give a platform to students and educators who have experience with the barriers to diversity and inclusion in postgraduate education. In this episode, web chat to JanMell Dugenio, an international student from the Philippines. JanMell shares her journey from applying for a PhD position, to emigrating from her home country, and the challenges she faced along the way. She describes how international student fees posed as a real barrier to her inclusion in the program and what this means to prospective international students outside the EU and from developing countries, like her.