Tiegan Bingham-Roberts in front of Clifton Suspension Bridge Share this article Press release issued: 3 August 2021 A student who grew up on food banks and free school meals has left the University of Bristol with a first – and she is just getting started. Growing up in rural Gloucestershire, Tiegan Bingham-Roberts had the odds stacked against her. As a pupil at a secondary school in special measures, she had to care for siblings amid a challenging family life and work part-time to afford the bus each day. But she always saw university as her way to a new life, and worked non-stop to fulfil her dream of studying at the University of Bristol.