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Care Leavers Advice Guide

Every year, more and more care-experienced young people make the decision to go to university. Could it be an option for you?


The decision to go to university can be life-changing. It can open up immense opportunities for you and introduce you to new challenges, people, skills and ways of thinking. It can open up a whole new future for you. It allows you to make real choices about what you do with your life.

For some people the thought of going to university can seem daunting or unimaginable, our Care Leavers Q & A pages offer the answers to some common questions to help you start thinking about whether it might be an option for you.

When you start researching the possibility of going to university you may find a lot of unfamiliar words and phrases are used to describe the process of applying, and what happens when you actually arrive.

Don’t be put off! 

Our glossary of university words and phrases will give you a quick guide to some common university language to get you started!