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“I taught his daughter violin lessons when I was a recent college graduate living in Virginia,” Simpson-Einziger said.

Now he becomes a senior and will look to make a college choice.

One of the few avenues still open to women seeking education was through the country's further education colleges, where they could learn to be nurses or midwives.

Seeing James do work experience stacking shelves at a supermarket near the college in Llandovery was beyond what his parents believed was possible when he started his foundation course in January 2023.

"I didn't think I would be going to college or anything, but once I found the T-level, I knew I could get where I want to be."