Student Carers Working Group

In January 2024 the Office for Students added two groups of students with care responsibilities to their Equalities of Opportunity Risk Register: young carers and students with parental responsibilities. However, student carers form a broader group that includes young carers in school or in further or higher education, and higher education students with parental or other care responsibilities. All might experience inequalities that limit progression at each stage of their educational journey. This new Working Group will offer an opportunity for members to share and discuss their research and practice in an informal setting with like-minded colleagues, and provide a forum for discussion on how to effectively support outreach activity and access, success and progression for these students.

Membership

Contributing Academic: Professor Marie-Pierre Moreau, Anglia Ruskin University

Co Leads: Claudia Lusardi, Oxford Brookes University and Dr Sally Griffin, NERUPI