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 | GHWY members adopt common definition of care-experienced
We are proud to announce that all 13 GHWY member institutions have pledged to adopt a common definition of care-experienced.
Members will use UCAS's definition of care-experienced, which is more inclusive of the range of care settings students may have experienced.
This will help care-experienced students who are navigating what can be a complex system, and ensure that those in need of support are better able to get access to it. | | Read more |
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 | Collaborative Care Leaver Covenant updated for 2023-24
Our Covenant brings together the support, information, and top tips offered by our 13 members in a single document.
This year’s e-resource includes information about our common definition of ‘care experienced’. It also revises the support categories our members offer.
In addition, it features a new story from a care-experienced student, updated glossary of HE terms, and a list of top tips to help individuals on their HE journey. | | Read more |
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 | E-learning helps HE staff to support care-experienced and estranged students
Our recently launched e-training, which helps HE staff to better support care-experienced and estranged students, was recently featured in FE News.
The free course helps people to find out more about the barriers to success faced by these individuals, how they might affect the students’ time in education, and the support that is available.
We worked closely with the Virtual School in Leeds and the charity Stand Alone to develop the course. | | Read more |
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Learn from Care to Go Higher | We have been running our innovative Care to Go Higher CPD programme for the key influencers of care-experienced young people since 2019. In this series of articles, we share some of the information from it that focuses on educational support. |
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Challenging low expectations for care-experienced young people
We explore some of the ways in which you can challenge low expectations for care-experienced young people.
These include boosting your young person's confidence, talking about HE as a valid option, and recognising skills in their everyday life. We also discuss contextual admissions. |
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Upcoming CPD opportunities |
Many care-experienced students also have additional support needs, such as a disability or being from a minority ethnicity. These free sessions provide a broader understanding of these lived experiences and ways in which to engage with young people. |
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 | Date and timeTuesday, 10 October between 3-4pm
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Supporting learners with personal statements
This session will help you to effectively support your young person with the UCAS personal statement writing process if they apply to HE.
it will look at some of the basics of structuring statements, and you will learn how personal statements are used by HE providers in the decision making process.
You will also be shown how you can make sure your young person has the competitive edge. | | Register |
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Upcoming Higher Education (HE) events HE events can help young people to plan the next steps on their educational journey. They offer an opportunity to visit campuses, talk to staff and current students, and learn more about what courses are available. They are free, with in-person as well as online options usually available. |
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 | FUAM Graduate Art Prize exhibition
When: Now until 7 October Where: Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds If your young person is interested in art, then this free exhibition could inspire them to study it at HE.
It showcases and celebrates the artistic talent of four students completing BA studies in Art and Design and Fine Art at the University of Leeds in 2023. The artworks share a strong commitment to artistic innovation through the use of new or original materials, technologies and processes. | | Read more |
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 | Open Day
When: Saturday, 30 September between 9.30am-3pm Where: University of Huddersfield
Your young person will get a feel for what it’s like to study at the University of Huddersfield.
They’ll have the chance to talk to staff and current students from the course they're interested in, explore the campus and facilities, and get a better insight into support offered to students.
Contribution towards travel is available for anyone who attends.
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 | Leeds Arts University After School Art Club, Term 1
This free six-week course is aimed at young people who want to develop their creative skills.
Attendees will explore self-portraits and their relationship to identity by experimenting with different materials.
They will gain an insight into HE and work with University Student Ambassadors who will support learning in practical workshops and talk about their courses
Contact ASC@leeds-art.ac.uk with any enquiries. The deadline to register is Sunday, 1 October. | | Book a place |
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Council gives care leavers protected status
West Northamptonshire Council has granted people who have spent time in care "protected characteristic" status.
It is one of more than 50 councils across England and Scotland to make the change.
The authority said those who have experienced care can face significant barriers that impact them throughout their lives.
There is a national campaign to make it illegal for those who have been in care to be discriminated against. Last month North Northamptonshire Council approved a similar proposal. | | Read more |
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Childhood in care raises risk of entering English youth justice system eightfold
A new study has found that children in England who have lived in care are eight times more likely to have received a youth justice caution or conviction than those who have not.
It points to a number of societal disadvantages that have contributed to the figures. These include individuals often being criminalised for behaviour that would not result in a youth justice intervention if it had occurred in a non-care setting; children facing excessive surveillance in care; and care-experienced children being more likely to have mental health problems and to struggle at school. | | Read more |
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Support offered to care-experienced young people by our members |
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Our spotlight features highlight what support most of our 13 member institutions offer to care-experienced young people. They detail care leaver contacts, financial support, and bespoke campus tours among other things.
Each 'what support we offer' feature is regularly updated to ensure that content is up to date, which makes them a valuable resource when guiding your young people through their HE journey. |
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Useful GHWY resources Take a look at some of our free resources, which can be used to support care-experienced and estanged young people to make informed decisions about their future.
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| Collaborative Care Leaver Covenant
Our collaborative Care Leaver Covenant includes information about what our 13 members offer to care leavers, along with useful tips and links.
It is reviewed every year to ensure that its information is kept relevant, with addtional details being available online. | | Download |
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 | Resource pack for professionals and carers
Our free resources pack is designed to help you support care-experienced young people to make informed choices about their educational future. It will encourage you reflect on your own role as someone with influence and provide tips and activities to get the conversation going with young people.
Email us at GHWY@leeds.ac.uk to receive a copy of the pack. |
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 | Collaborative Stand Alone Pledge
Our collaborative Stand Alone Pledge includes information about what our 13 members offer to estranged young people, along with useful tips and links. Additional information is available on our website that includes further support details. | | Download |
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 | Resources bank
Our resource bank holds a wide range of free and informative materials for various audiences to access. There includes sections on wellbeing in education, employability essentials, online taster days, and useful links. | | View |
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Go Higher West Yorkshire: reducing inequalities in access to, success in and progression from Higher Education. |
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