This course is aimed at staff at all levels working within Higher Education (HE) providers who may come into contact with students that have come through the care system, or are estranged from their families. This could be any HE student you may come in to contact with, whether that is directly tutoring them, or supporting them at a help desk.
The aim of this online learning is to help you support students who come into HE from a care experienced background or those who are estranged. There is a relatively low proportion of care-experienced people who progress to HE and a higher rate not completing their studies compared to peers. In terms of estranged students, there can be a lack of an understanding of the impact of this. Therefore, by training staff in HE providers to better support these young people, we hope to enable these students to succeed In HE.
The course will take approximately 90 minutes and cover the following topics: