Lucy Morville, from Burnley, thought most students would be from the north and felt ‘culture shock’ surrounded by southerners
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ike many students from the north, Lucy Morville says she felt “culture shock” at being surrounded by southerners when she arrived at university. But she said the shock was even greater because it wasn’t what she expected when she enrolled at the University of York.
“I hadn’t travelled much down south before university, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, they’re all from London and Cambridge.’ It was such a shock to me,” she said.
“I’m from Burnley, in east Lancashire, and I was surprised there were so many people at York who weren’t from the north, because I thought more people would do the same thing as me and stay local.”
