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Supporting Care Leavers: Navigating Student Finance and Welfare in Higher Education

This report explores the challenges faced by care leavers in accessing student finance and welfare support in higher education. It aims to identify barriers during various stages of the student life cycle, from application to later years. Additionally, it highlights examples of good practice within the sector and proposes actionable strategies for institutions to improve support for care leavers. The discussion encourages stakeholders to collaborate, share resources, and implement changes to enhance the educational experience for this group.

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Supporting Care Leavers: Navigating Student Finance and Welfare in Higher Education

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  1. Building on Best Practice David Malcolm and Sarah Wayman Theory versus Practice: a care leaver’s experience of welfare and finance in HE

  2. Aims • Look at barriers and challenges facing care leavers in student finance and welfare issues • Identify good practice in the sector • Discuss practical ideas for your institutions

  3. Introduction - NUS • Confederation of 600 students’ unions in the UK • Mission to promote, defend and extend the rights of students and build strong and active students’ unions • Social Policy Unit supports policy, research and information work around student finance, welfare and equalities

  4. Student life cycle • Application stage • Pre-start date • Fresher’s period and first term • Summer vacations • Later years

  5. Application stage • Applying for course and student finance • University/college bursaries • Finding accommodation

  6. Pre-start date • Information packs • Accommodation • deposits • Arrival at university/college • First impressions

  7. Freshers’ week and first term • Making friends • Students’ union • Getting money – spending money • Hardship funds

  8. Summer vacation • Accommodation • during vacation • in second year • Finances

  9. Later years • Final year student finance • Careers guidance • Repayments

  10. Group Work • What role do I have to play in supporting care leavers? • Who should I be working with? • What information do I need? • What changes could I make?

  11. Questions? david.malcolm@nus.org.uksarah.wayman@nus.org.uk

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