LSE alumna Chrisann Jarrett is the founder of Let Us Learn, an initiative to help young migrants access higher education, and is a policy advisor with the Greater London Authority.

Your own personal experience inspired you to set up Let us Learn. What kind of support does the organisation offer?

I created Let Us Learn to support young migrants who are blocked from taking up their places at university because they do not qualify for student finance – young people who, like I was, are regarded as international students despite having lived in the UK most of their lives.

I was very fortunate to receive a New Futures Fund scholarship to study at LSE, but realised there would be many others in my same situation who wouldn’t have that opportunity. 

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Read the full interview with Chrisann at LSE alumni in London

Chrisann is part of the #putherforward project

Let Us Learn 

New Futures Fund scholarship