Previous #TickTheBox events
#TicktheBox Webinar 2024
The 2024 #TickTheBox webinar, held on 23 October, brought together over 100 attendees, including care-experienced people, foster carers, and professionals, to explore support available in higher education. Expert panelists from UCAS, NNECL, Become, and the University of York shared insights on the UCAS process, best practice in supporting care-experienced students, and guidance for carers through initiatives like Foster their Future and the Propel platform.
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Events in Northern Ireland
Our 2023 #TickTheBox campaign launch in Northern Ireland was held on Monday 30 October 2023 at Ulster University, Belfast. The event included an information fair, tours of the university, presentations by The Fostering Network, Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University, a looked after young person and a foster carer.
The following universities and colleges welcomed young people for individual and group tours: Queen's University, Belfast, Stranmillis University College, Belfast, St Mary’s University College, Belfast, Northern Regional College, North West Regional College, Belfast Metropolitan College, South Eastern Regional College, South West Regional College and Southern Regional College.
#TickTheBox webinar 2022
The webinar gave care-experienced people, foster carers, social workers, and others the chance to learn more about the university application process, available support, finances, and accommodation, and to ask their questions directly. Presentations were delivered by experts from UCAS, the Student Loans Company, NNECL, Cardiff University, the University of Sunderland, Inverness College (UHI), and Ulster University.
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