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Attending and co-presenting at the NNECL 2024 Conference
GHWY recently attended and co-presented at the National Network for Education Care Leavers (NNECL) conference, the theme for which was Learning Together.
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Reflections on Virtual School Leaders Conference and Exhibition 2024
We recently attended the Virtual School Leaders Conference and Exhibition 2024.
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Reflections on Improving Access, Success and Progress for Care Experienced Students in HE symposium
We were one of the many organisations that participated in Leeds Trinity University's ‘Improving Access, Success and Progress for Care Experienced Students in Higher Education’ symposium.
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GHWY to co-present on support for care-experienced students at NNECL conference
GHWY and NERAP are co-presenting a workshop on collaborating to support care-experienced students in HE at this year’s NNECL conference.
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Accommodation support for care-experienced students
We consider some of the accommodation support that is available to care-experienced students in HE.
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Learn with Care to Go Higher: Making HE accessible to care-experienced individuals
We consider some of the ways that Higher Education can be made more accessible to care-experienced young people.
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The journey towards a common definition of care-experienced
We examine the journey towards GHWY's 13 member institutions moving to adopt a common definition of care-experienced.
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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.
