The Office of Equality and Diversity develops and offers various services aimed at encouraging the success of students in all their diversity at the University. By doing so, we hope to contribute to increasing educational participation and equality of opportunity, in particular for under-represented student groups at FAU. Students who are the first in their family to go to university or who come to university after completing vocational training may encounter certain hurdles and challenges while at university. This is often due less to their (lack of) ability or motivation and more to their social background, in other words their social, economic and cultural circumstances and the resources they have at their disposal. The services relating to “social background and education” are aimed at encouraging reflection on the hurdles and opportunities entailed by university study that are of relevance to education and at encouraging individuals to develop the skills they need to make the most of their potential.