Support for Care Experienced and Estranged Students
Swansea University's Participation team provides information, advice, and guidance to diverse communities of students and professionals working with them.
Main Aims
The team's main aims are to deliver targeted support to students and applicants facing potential barriers to Higher Education, ensuring they can progress, thrive, and succeed in their studies and wider lives.
Support Options
The university offers various support options, dependent on individual circumstances, for groups such as:
- Care Leavers: young people who have been in Local Authority Care for at least 13 weeks since the age of 14 and were in Local Authority Care at School leaving age or after.
- Care Experienced individuals: those who have spent time in Local Authority Care, Kinship or Family Placement, or other informal care settings.
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Author's summary: Support for students with care experience.