The extraordinary success of a high-profile graduate from the University of Sheffield, who was the first in his family to attend university, is being highlighted in a new national campaign, led by Universities UK (UUK). The Rt Hon. Professor the Lord David Blunkett, who graduated with an honours degree from the University of Sheffield in 1972, was a first-generation University student – and has since gone on to be a British Labour Party politician and a Member of the House of Lords since 2015.... Read this story
