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University is awarded Quality Mark for work with Care Leavers
Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:46:00 BST
The University of Portsmouth has been awarded the Buttle UK Quality Mark in recognition of our commitment to supporting care leavers to enter higher education and throughout their time at university. The Quality Mark for Care Leavers was launched in 2006 to address the specific challenges that this group of people face in higher education. The Quality Mark represents a statement of commitment for Higher Education institutions to sign up to which requires them to meet certain criteria demonstrating their commitment to support this group of students. The four broad Quality Mark for Care Leaver criteria are:
- to raise aspirations and achievements
- to have appropriate admissions procedures
- to provide entry and ongoing support, and
- to monitor the implementation of the Commitment.
For further information about the Quality Mark visit Buttle UK or to find out more about the work we do see our care leavers page.
