Blog: Care Leaver
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GHWY under-represented groups: reflection and future plans
We summarise the progress of our Under-represented Group (URG) Networks and look ahead to what is in the pipeline for these groups in 2023-24.
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Challenging low expectations for care-experienced young people
We consider some of the ways in which people can challenge low academic expectations for care-experienced individuals.
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Care Leavers: What support we offer, Leeds Arts University
At Leeds Arts University, we are dedicated to providing holistic support to our care-experienced students, and are dedicated to their...
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Inconsistent schooling
Many care-experienced students face inconsistent schooling during their time in care. In this blog we look at some reasons for this, and some of the systems in place to help minimise the impact.
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From carers to care-experienced: how you can support
We present six ways that you as a care professional can help current or past carers to succeed in Higher Education (HE).
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Independent living transitions for care-experienced young people
Many students starting HE have the support of a family while they adapt to living independently, but care-experienced students lack this 'safety net', both emotionally and financially.
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Collaboration, role models, and student voice highlighted at Under-Represented Groups showcase
Collaboration, role models, and student voice were three of the main themes to come out of Go Higher Yorkshire’s Under-Represented Groups showcase, which was recently held at Leeds Beckett University.
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Independent living transitions for care-experienced young people
Many students starting Higher Education (HE) have the support of a family while they adapt to living independently and away from home for the first time. Care-experienced students, however, lack this emotional and financial “safety net”.
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Care to Go Higher CPD launched for teachers
Go Higher West Yorkshire (GHWY) recently ran its first ever condensed Care to Go Higher programme for teachers.
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Theory (of change) to practice: collaborative events for care-experienced students
GHWY is organising two collaborative taster events for care-experienced students in Year 10. They have been developed in line with a Theory of Change.
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Unlocking Academic Success: Essential Sleep Wellbeing Strategies for Students
World Sleep Day is an annual event that is celebrated on the third Friday of March. It is a day...
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Barry Keoghan and the importance of role models to care leavers
Role models can be important for young people, providing examples of constructive action and perspectives that can help with their development. Such models can often be missing in the lives of care-experienced students, which is what makes the Bafta winner Barry Keoghan so inspirational.
