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<p>The government is committed to improving the outcomes of care leavers. To support
this, in March 2019, the department published a set of principles to guide the higher
education sector on improving care leavers’ access and participation. A copy of the
principles is available at the following link: <a href="https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/educational/"
target="_blank">https://mycovenant.org.uk/featured-signatories/educational/</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>As part of its drive to galvanise the support that wider civil society can
provide to support care leavers, the government has launched the Care Leaver Covenant.
This asks organisations from the public, private and voluntary sectors, including
higher education providers, to commit to help care leavers to successfully transition
from care to independence, by setting out clearly what support they can offer.</p><p>
</p><p>17 higher education providers have already signed the covenant and published
their offers on the covenant website: <a href="https://mycovenant.org.uk/offers/educational/"
target="_blank">https://mycovenant.org.uk/offers/educational/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We
want all higher education providers to work with Spectra First (the delivery partner
appointed by the department to promote the covenant), which provides support in developing
offers, with a view to them signing the covenant. To support this, we are organising
a workshop with Universities UK and Spectra First in September, for higher education
providers who are yet to sign. The event will make clear why they should support care
leavers and provide examples of best practice on how they can do this.</p>
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