Yorkshire Universities ‘One Year On’ Graduate Implementation Group Conference
Helen Sykes, Head of GHWY, reflects on Yorkshire Universities‘ One Year On: Graduate Employability conference.
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Thoughts from Leeds Trinity University’s Black Lives Matter: Health, Education and Leadership Conference
Go Higher West Yorkshire was proud to be one of the partners of Leeds Trinity University’s (LTU) third annual in-person Black Lives Matter: Health, Education and Leadership conference. Helen Sykes, Head of GHWY, and Nichola Cassé, GHWY’s Higher Level Skills Manager, reflect on what they took away from the event.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
University Centre Leeds publishes guide for care-experienced and estranged students
Care-experienced and estranged students often face unique challenges as they start their Higher Education (HE) studies. Without proper support, these…
Filed under: Care Leaver, NewsAPPs, CPD and the good work of GHWY/Uni Connect
The provision of GHWY/Uni Connect’s CPD demonstrates value for money in supporting institutions to address, comprehend, and meet their obligations through the OfS in a proactive, collaborative fashion.
Scheme improves reading for children in disadvantaged areas
Find out more about the Let Leeds Read scheme. Facilitated by Leeds Beckett University, it provides support with phonics to young people in disadvantaged areas.
Care to Go Higher CPD programme opens for registration nation-wide
Registration has now opened for Go Higher West Yorkshire’s (GHWY) innovative Care to Go Higher training programme. Aimed at the…
Filed under: Care Leaver, GHWY, NewsHeppFest Reloaded: Virtually collaborating with partners to engage learners
Two of Go Higher West Yorkshire’s Outreach Officers reflect on a recent presentation they gave at HeppFest.
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.
