The CEES Forum is a discussion and planning space for staff who support learners from care backgrounds and learners estranged from their families. This includes young people from unaccompanied asylum seeker backgrounds.

Objectives

• To jointly deliver activities with staff supporting this group including teachers, careers staff, local authorities, social workers and HE practitioners;
• To jointly deliver activities with the target group;
• To develop learning materials or signpost existing resources;
• To maximise opportunities for collaboration, partnerships, networking and information sharing.

Resource hub

A repository of historic materials, papers and resources related to the Forum. Click here for access (password-protected).

To request password access, please contact us or message us on Microsoft Teams.

Pre 2022

The Forum has acted as a space for practice sharing and for practitioners to seek advice from each other, facilitated conversations between university staff and the Student Loans Company on how best to advise students who are asylum seekers, and held Q&A sessions on quality marks for work with care experienced learners.

2022-23

The November 2022 meeting will be held online on Thursday 10 November. For more details please see below.