Hollingworth, K;
Hauari, H;
Cameron, C;
(2019)
Getting it right: for Care Experienced students in Higher education.
Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education: London, UK.
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Abstract
Commissioned by UCL Access and Widening Participation Office, this research investigated the experiences of students in Higher Education when they have a background of having lived in local authority care as children. Previously known as ‘care leavers’, this group is now known as ‘care experienced’ young people. Care experienced young people are much less likely to achieve the academic qualifications, overcome the practical obstacles and reconcile the personal difficulties necessary to attend university than other young people who have not been in care, and when they do get to university, there is a relatively high chance they will withdraw early. The aim of the current study is to explore what happens at university, from the perspective of both institutional arrangements, and current and former students’ experience, to encourage, or discourage, care experienced students to follow their chosen study programme.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Getting it right: for Care Experienced students in Higher education |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/widening-participation/sites... |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | higher education, widening participation, care experienced students |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096401 |
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