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Find out what Students' Union policies have been passed by students, and more importantly, what is being done about them.

Here you can find a list of all the policies which have been passed by student council. We're working on a live tracker so you can check the progress of each policy, but until we've got that up and running please contact your student president team to ask for an update on policies. You can also check out current ideas and rejected ideas.

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    A Holistic Approach to Care Experienced Students No Matter Their Age (Policy Lapse)

    Submitted 1 year ago by Jorgen Clemmensen-Floholm
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      Conference Notes -Only 4% of Care Experienced school leavers go on to university. Care experienced college students are significantly less likely to complete their course than their peers. Many students are forced to curtail studies not because of ability but due to financial circumstances. -For a student to be classified as Care Experienced they must self-declare, meaning there are potentially many students who do not realise they are Care Experienced or the support they are therefore entitled to. -The Scottish Government has introduced additional bursary support for Care Experienced students, but that this is only available to students up to the age of 26. -The Scottish Funding Council and partners in the sector have set a national ambition to achieve parity in outcomes for Care Experienced school-leavers and their peers by 2021. Conference Believes -That extra support is required to ensure that Care Experienced students can cope with their studies, and ensure that all are able to complete them. -That it is the responsibility of institutions to ensure that their students are aware of all the support that is available. Expecting people to find it for themselves is not working. -That the impact of care-experience does not have an age-limit. Conference Resolves -To encourage all universities and colleges to establish peer support groups for Care Experienced students. -To call for a proactive, year-round approach to informing students of the support available to them. This should include support outwith term-time. -To call for a holistic and institutional-wide approach to widening access and support for care experienced individuals that ensures continuity of support -To lobby the Scottish Government and the SFC to make sure this approach is embedded in Outcome Agreements. -To campaign and lobby the Scottish Government to extend support to all Care Experienced students, no matter their age.

      Why you think it is important

      Only 4% of Care Experienced school leavers go on to university. Care experienced college students are significantly less likely to complete their course than their peers. Many students are forced to curtail studies, not because of ability but due to financial circumstances. Hence extra support is required to ensure that Care Experienced students can cope with their studies, and ensure that all are able to complete them.

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      Passed March 2019

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