1. What Works Conference Tuesday 11th April
Recognising, Engaging, and Student Leadership How to support living at home students at university
What Works Conference
Tuesday 11th April

2. Recognising 27% of students live at home (The Guardian 2013)
Due to family, religious
or economic reasons
Less likely to complete
studies or feel involved
in student community
Less likely to engage in extra-curricular, more academically focused (Alterline Research 2016)

3. Engaging
Creating supportive role for students (Off-Campus Students Project Coordinator)
Residential, Intro Days, Welcome Week Activities
Events with University Schools (Nursing, Law, Medicine)
Common Room Spaces

4. Residential Feedback
“It made me feel a lot more confident about meeting people at university and participating in student life.” “I’m really glad this event was held. Before it, I was really nervous about starting university but I went home not being able to wait till it started.” 94% of students who attended felt more part of the student community after the Residential

5. Student Leadership Societies Living at Home Students Society
Mature Students Society
Student Parents and Carers Group
Facebook, Events, Presence at Freshers Fair
Reps (living at home student, mature student, student parent, student carer reps)
Seat in our Student Senate
Representation on our Community Committee, Wellbeing Committee, Diversity and Liberation Committee
Campaigns
Train Campaign… fail?

6. Wider Support
Commuter Cost Fund – Supporting 100 students with travel costs £100 per semester
Creating Long Term Thinking with Institutional Events (importance of academic routes with uni and SU)… e.g. Welcome Week, Follow Up Meets, Pre-Exam Well-Being Sessions, Post-Exam Celebrations, Reclaim the Night inclusion, Elections
Appropriate Timetabling for Living at Home Students
Support Guides and Online Resources
Working with Wider Organisations on Carers Support
Discussing Living at Home with Prospective Students – Open Days

7. Stay In Touch miriam.amies@manchester.ac.uk
18/11/2015
Stay In Touch
Off-Campus Students Project Coordinator
Where you can find me:
/LivingatHomeUoM
University of Manchester Students’ Union
@ManchesterSU
manchesterSU