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Championing care-experienced students during and beyond National Care Leavers Week
Our members ran a number of activities as part of National Care Leavers Week that highlighted the support they offer to care-experienced students throughout the year.
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Feeling elevated after exhibiting at the Elevate event
Go Higher West Yorkshire recently exhibited at Kirklees Virtual School's Elevate event, which was designed to enable parents/carers of care-experienced individuals to effectively support their young people on their education journey.
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Choosing where to study HE
We discuss some of the factors a care-experienced student may want to consider when transitioning to Higher Education.
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Barriers to Higher Education for care-experienced students
We consider some of the barriers that care-experienced students may face when entering or succeeding in Higher Education.
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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”.
