(She/her) 2021 | MPhil in Education (Knowledge, Power, Politics) at Cambridge

I’ll be studying for an MPhil in Education (Knowledge, Power, Politics) at Cambridge. i.e. exploring ‘what ‘counts’ as official knowledge’, ‘how is it withheld/expressed’, ‘how can that support change’, so it’s all very engaging and interdisciplinary. My BA mostly focused on Disability and intersectional social justice, then I did access work at Cambridge SU, then research for the university looking at Disability and Time. I’m excited to learn more interdisciplinary research skills so I can focus particularly on the role of creative/artistic self-advocacy methods as a technique to dismantle various intersectional barriers, broaden perspectives, and support future innovation.

I’m an atypical student (1st Generation, Carer, FSM, State/Comp, multiple health conditions overlapping etc) but I believe that it’s important to bring perspective/lived experience to what you do. Aside from the obvious/practical, the scholarship supports a belief in me and what I do, and why I want and need to do it, not in spite of challenges arising from my conditions but precisely because they develop the kind of skill, perspective, resilience and passion to hopefully achieve the things that I aspire to. The plan is more research /PHD, or going into a creative/therapeutic field which supports other queer and disabled people [/of colour] and their self-advocacy and joy. 

Other interests: Decolonial food history and competitive food TV; Film, TV & Theatre; Online science and animal content.