UCAS - Care leavers

Buttle UK - Quality Mark for Care Leavers

Buttle UK makes a real difference to the lives of children and young people in need. They make grants totalling £3 million each year to give children and young people a brighter future. The charity received many applications for their Students and Trainees Programme from care leavers, so they decided to commission a piece of research into the experiences of this group before and during higher education. The result was 'By Degrees: Going from University to Care', which showed that young people who have been in care often lack the emotional and financial support of their families and face greater challenges than the majority of students in acquiring educational qualifications and employment skills.

From this, the Quality Mark for Care Leavers was created, to recognise those universities and colleges which make special efforts to support students from care backgrounds.

Professor Drummond Bone, President of Universities UK, welcomed the contribution the charity's Quality Mark for Care Leavers programme will make to the support students from care backgrounds receive, saying, 'Universities are committed to encouraging applications from candidates from non-traditional backgrounds; the scheme is another fine example of this.'

The following universities have been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark for Care Leavers:

University of Abertay Dundee	Aberystwyth University
Aston University	Bangor University
Bath Spa University	University of Bedfordshire
University of Birmingham	Birmingham City University
University of Bradford	Brighton University
University of Bristol	Brunel University
University of Cambridge	Canterbury Christ Church University
Cardiff University	University Of Chester
University of Chichester	De Montfort University
University of East Anglia	University of East London
Edge Hill University	University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh Napier University	University of Exeter
University College Falmouth	University of Glamorgan
University of Glasgow	Glasgow Caledonian University
Glyndwr University	University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire	University of Huddersfield
University of Kent	Kingston University
University of Leeds	Leeds Metropolitan University
University of Leicester	University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool	Liverpool Hope University
Liverpool John Moores University	University College London
London South Bank University	Loughborough University
The University of Manchester	The Manchester Metropolitan University
New College Durham	Newcastle University
Newman University College	The University of Northampton
University of Northumbria at Newcastle	University of Nottingham
Nottingham Trent University	University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University	Plymouth University
University of Portsmouth	Roehampton University
Royal Veterinary College	Ruskin College
University of Salford	University of Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam University	University of Southampton
Southampton Solent University	St George's, University of London
Staffordshire University	University of Stirling
University of Strathclyde	University of Sunderland
University of Surrey	University of Sussex
Swansea Metropolitan University	Swansea University
University of Teesside	Trinity University College
University for The Creative Arts	University of the Arts London
University of Ulster	Wakefield College
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff	University of Wales, Newport
University of West of England	University of the West of Scotland
University of Westminster	University of Winchester
University of Wolverhampton	The University of York
York St John University

To find out more about Buttle UK, the By Degrees research and the Quality Mark for Care Leavers please visit their website: www.buttleuk.org.