For a young person who has caring responsibilities, trying to transition to, through and beyond university can be extremely challenging and for some a barrier.

Carers Trust, with the support of The National Union of Students and the National Network of Universities Supporting Young Adult Carers, has published a new guide:

• Supporting Students with Caring Responsibilities Ideas and Practice for Universities to Help Student Carers (England version).
• Supporting Students with Caring Responsibilities: Ideas and Practice for Universities to Help Student Carers Access and Succeed in Higher Education (Wales version).
• Supporting Students with Caring Responsibilities: Ideas and Practice for Universities to Help Student Carers Access and Succeed in Higher Education (Welsh language version).

This resource will enable universities and services supporting young adult carers, to gain a greater understanding of the challenges that this group of students face and how they can be better supported to access and succeed in higher education.

The resource: 

• Draws together some of the good practice universities have already begun to develop.
• Makes recommendations for how universities can support students across the student life cycle.