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
University of Bath	Bath Spa University
University of Bedfordshire	University of Birmingham
Birmingham City University	Blackpool and the Fylde College
University of Bradford	Brighton University
University of Bristol	Brooklands College
Brunel University	Bucks New University
University of Cambridge	Canterbury Christ Church University
Cardiff University	University Of Chester
Coventry University	De Montfort University
University of East Anglia	University of East London
Edge Hill University	Edinburgh Napier University
University of Exeter	Exeter College
University College Falmouth	University of Glamorgan
University of Glasgow	Glasgow Caledonian University
Glyndwr University	Goldsmiths, University of London
University of Greenwich	University of Huddersfield
Hugh Baird College	University of Kent
Kingston University	University of Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University	University of Leicester
University of Lincoln	University of Liverpool
Liverpool Community College	Liverpool John Moores University
University College London	London South Bank University
Loughborough University	The University of Manchester
The Manchester Metropolitan University	Neath Port Talbot College
New College Durham	Newcastle University
Newman University College	The University of Northampton
University of Northumbria at Newcastle	North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
University of Nottingham	Nottingham Trent University
University of Oxford	Oxford Brookes University
Plymouth University	University of Portsmouth
Queen Mary, University of London	Roehampton University
Royal Holloway, University of London	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	Stoke on Trent College
University of Strathclyde	University of Sunderland
University of Surrey	University of Sussex
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.