Estranged Students Sample Clauses

Estranged Students. Students who are estranged from their families may face severe financial and wellbeing challenges, as they may not qualify for Local Authority support and may be in greater need of a personal support network. This group of students is therefore prioritised for financial support and also has a dedicated point of contact for advice and support, who works with each student to create a personalised Estranged Student plan. With 147 officially recognised estranged students in 2016/17, UCLan has the sixth highest number of estranged students across the country, so we have recently taken the Stand Alone Pledge to show our commitment to enhancing support for these students throughout their time with us. UCLan has also responded to the Equality Challenge Unit guidance on transgender students, who, alongside LGB students, represent a growing number of estranged students on campus. A range of support mechanisms has been developed across the institution with this in mind. We also work with local homelessness charities, so together we can offer support to young people who may have become estranged from their families during transition periods.

Estranged Students. ‌ We wish to enhance our support for students estranged from their families and we will investigate adopting the Stand Alone Pledge to assist us in recognising their needs and supporting them to overcome the disadvantage this poses.

Estranged Students. The College is committed to supporting estranged students and will sign the Stand Alone pledge to demonstrate this commitment.

Estranged Students. As reported in Priority 1, UofG has had a comprehensive system of provision in place for care experienced applicants and students since 2007. Estranged applicants and students have always been included within this provision, including guaranteed adjusted offers of entry at our Access Thresholds via our system of contextualised admissions. We widely promote this with schools, pupils, parents, teachers and Local Authorities via our Adjusted Entry Requirements brochure, which can be accessed at: ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇/media/media_606424_en.pdf Since 2016, we have worked closely with Stand Alone to pull out and clarify this specific provision for estranged applicants and students and were one of the two Scottish universities to first sign the Stand Alone Pledge. We jointly presented a best practice session with Stand Alone at the SFC Access Conference in 2017 and we hosted Stand Alone’s first Scottish conference in 2018 to share best practice across the sector and encourage all HEIs and FECs to sign up to the Pledge. We have also liaised closely with SAAS regarding funding options for individual estranged students. We have institutional representation on the SFC steering group and will continue to work closely with all partners to equalise access to HE and FE for this particularly vulnerable group. We feel we are at the forefront of the sector in this area and have endeavoured to share best practice with other institutions.

Estranged Students. The College is committed to support estranged students with their study, both through financial support and pastoral support. The College currently supports five estranged students. The College has recently signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant, with a commitment to support the Armed Forces community wherever and whenever it can. The College has pledged to: • Promote itself as an Armed forces-friendly organisation. • Seek to support the employment of veterans’ young and old working with the Career Transition Partnership, in order to establish a tailored employment pathway for Service Leavers. • Have a nominated member of staff who is the College’s Veteran’s Champion. • Offer Support to local Cadet Units, either in the local community or local schools where possible. • Strive to support the employment of Service spouses and partners. • Support Veteran recruitment events. represented in our processes for self-evaluation, which in turn inform our programme, department and college planning and target-setting processes, including the development of our Outcome Agreement. There is strong student representation on our Board of Management, and representation on board committees, specifically our Learning and Student Experience Committee, which ensures that the student body is also involved in strategic discussions related to our Outcome Agreement and in its approval. The College is fully committed to engaging students in developing and improving all aspects of our provision and services and in shaping and enhancing their own learning. Our Learning Strategy 2014-18: Empowering Learners clearly sets out or commitment to increase learner ownership of and control over their own learning. We have well-developed and effective processes for recruiting and training class representatives, including the opportunity for returning students to train as “senior class representatives” and take an enhanced role in leading focus groups and training their peers. We engage our students in reflection on and planning for enhancements to learning through our comprehensive biannual Listening to Learners Focus Groups. Our class representatives engage with members of the Senior Management Team through Student Council meetings. We have a strong and active Students’ Association, led by sabbatical officers and supported by a Student Liaison Officer and dedicated administrative support. All of this ensures that the student voice is clearly Forth Valley College and Forth Valley Student Associati...

Estranged Students. The College is committed to supporting estranged students and will sign the Stand Alone pledge to demonstrate this commitment. The College links its Outcome Agreement for 2019/20 - 2021/22 to its aims and objectives as outlined in its Strategic Plan for 2017-2022, and describes how we will progress the delivery of these objectives, based on the shared values and wider aims of the College.

Estranged Students. The university is in the initial stages of considering how we will support estranged students. Our intentions at this point are to: • Review the ways in which estranged students can declare at application and enrolment • Review and highlight the support available to estranged students • Create dedicated online resources for estranged students • Consider signing up to the Stand Alone pledge