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Free performing arts workshops and activities
Leeds Conservatoire has teamed up with Guildhall School of Music & Drama to deliver a series of free workshops and activities to support students to navigate applications to HE Performing Arts courses.
The programme will run in Leeds and London in August.
Students will learn about the audition process, and practise essential skills to enable them to choose, interpret and perform a monologue. |
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General Election drop-in sessions
Become is holding drop-in sessions for care-experienced young people to talk about the upcoming General Election and how we can keep care, children in care and care leavers on the agenda for all politicians.
If you have young people (up to the age of 27) curious about or interested in politics, how it relates to the care system, or who want to know more about the General Election and voting, then they can sign up for upcoming online sessions. |
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Civil Service Care Leaver Internship Scheme
Applications are open for the Civil Service Care Leaver Internship Scheme.
The scheme offers interns an 18-month role in a government department in which they will gain key skills and knowledge in a professional environment.
Interns will receive the same salary as other employees of the same grade in the department, and will be eligible for pension and annual leave. Closing date: 8 July 2024. |
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University of Bradford Progression Scheme
The University of Bradford Progression Scheme is designed to benefit undergraduate applicants whose personal and educational circumstances mean they could be less likely to receive an offer based on its standard entry criteria.
If eligible, your young person could receive an offer that is up to 16 points (2 grades) lower. |
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Become's open letter to make care better
Become is encouraging care-experienced young people to sign its open letter, which calls on the next Government to make care better.
Its manifesto for change includes making children’s relationships a key consideration in all decisions, ending the care cliff so young people can make a positive start to adulthood, and improving the support provided to young people by other public services. |
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Results Day and Clearing 2024: Helping your young person
The University of Bradford can help you and your young person work together to gather resources and create a plan in advance of Results Day and Clearing.
Through its parents and carers clearing page, you can receive regular, helpful content and information direct to your inbox. It also offers blogs, videos, webinars and podcasts. |
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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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Why support care-experienced students into HE?
For the past few months, we have been considering some of the challenges facing care-experienced students or things they should keep in mind when making decisions about HE. These can be found here.
These have been valuable topics but one thing we have not covered is some of the evidence around care-experienced students and HE. That is what we look at this month. |
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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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Self-paced learning
We offer a range of opportunities to upskill and build confidence for individuals who support young people with their educational progression.
Our opportunities align with the academic year, covering topics such as preparing students for admissions interviews, equipping them with current knowledge on apprenticeships, clearing and student finance.
We also offer sessions that focus on personal and professional development, such as mentoring skills and presentation skills. |
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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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Open day
When: Saturday, 29 June between 9.15am-2.45pm
Where: University of Bradford
A great way to find out what it is like to be a student at the University of Bradford. It is open to all prospective students whether your young person has already applied or is looking to start in September 2025.
If your young person is an applicant looking to start in September 2024, this open day is the last one they can attend if needing to still fulfil the Progression Scheme requirements.
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Open day
When: Friday, 21 June between 9.30am-3pm
Where: University of Huddersfield
There is lots of information about the University of Huddersfield on its website, but the Open Day is a great way to get a feel for what studying there is really like. Attendees will get the chance to talk to staff and current students, look at the facilities, and see the place in action.
Additional support for care experienced students is on offer. To find out more information, contact Ruth Cohen on r.cohen@hud.ac.uk |
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Adults open day
When: Thursday, 27 June between 1-7pm
Where: Calderdale College
Find out how your young person can develop their career or get back into employment.
Attendees at this drop-in event will be able to discover the College's full-time and part-time courses, degrees and apprenticeships; meet its expert tutors; get advice and guidance, including funding information; and explore progression opportunities. |
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Open day
When: Saturday, 6 July (Horsforth) and Saturday, 13 July (Leeds City Centre)
Where: Leeds Trinity University
Find out about student life at Leeds Trinity University. Your young person will be able to discover everything they need to know about the subjects they are interested in, learn about the ways it will prepare them to launch their career, and find out about the range of personal support offered to its students. Attendees can receive up to £30 towards their travel costs. |
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Roadmap to tackle educational inequality
The Sutton Trust has published its Fair Opportunity for All report, which provides a roadmap for the next government to tackle educational inequality and improve social mobility.
Its HE recommendations include more extensive use of contextual admissions by selective universities to open up access to students from less privileged backgrounds; an increase in maintenance support; and the reintroduction of maintenance grants to low-income students. |
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Next government faces persistent education inequalities
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned that the next government will inherit a series of challenges facing schools, including ‘persistent’ education inequalities, higher pupil absences and growing mental health difficulties. It said while England is one of the top performers in international assessments of reading and maths, the gap between the most and least-disadvantaged fifth of 15-year-olds is now equivalent to the gap between the average in England and the average in Colombia. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Go Higher West Yorkshire: reducing inequalities in access to, success in and progression from Higher Education.
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