Undergraduate and postgraduate students at Birkbeck are benefiting from generous funding thanks to support from ArcelorMittal – the world’s leading steel and mining company. In this podcast, Ian Louden, Head of Brand Worldwide, at ArcelorMittal, explains how the scholarships are part of the company’s regeneration efforts in east London. These began with the building of the distinctive 114.5m high ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture for the Olympics in London two years ago.

Three of the scholarship students then describe their own experiences studying Environmental Management, Arts Policy and Management, and Crystallography, at Birkbeck. They describe their personal circumstances, ambitions and emphasise the opportunities opened to them as a result of the funding.