KU Cares application form

First Name

Last Name

Birthdate:

UCAS Personal ID:

Kingston ID (K number):

Home Address:

Phone

A care leaver is someone under the age of 25 who has spent time in local authority care, and is receiving ongoing support from the local authority once they turn 18.

Care Leaver

Students who have spent time in local authority care, but who may not meet the definition of a care leaver (please see above).

Care Experienced Student

Students under the age of 25 who have no communicative relationship with either living parent for a significant amount of time (usually at least 12 months). This includes students who have been living in foyer/hostel accommodation.

Young Independent Student (Estranged)

Students under the age of 25 who has unpaid caring responsibilities for a family member or close friend who has: a long-term or terminal illness, a disability, significant mental health difficulties, or who struggles with addiction or substance misuse.

Young Adult Carer

Professional's Name:

Professional's Phone Number:

Professional's Email:

Do you have a disability/specific learning difference that you would like to let the KU Cares team know about ?

We will only share information if we need to in order to support you, or if you ask us to. The information that we share is only ever the minimum amount that another staff member will need to know.

Do you consent to the KU Cares scheme sharing relevant information with other teams/departments at the university to ensure that appropriate support (such as bursaries, accommodation support etc.) is implemented ?

Only organisations that would be relevant to your specific situation would ever be contacted. These can include your local authority, local carer’s network etc.

Do you consent to the KU Cares scheme to share relevant information with external organisations in order to ensure that you are being appropriately supported ?

Do you consent to Kingston University storing a processing this data?

You should receive an acknowledgement of your application by email within a few minutes. If you do not, please contact KU Cares at kucares@kingston.ac.uk.

*Data protection

Kingston University would like to store and use this information (as data controller) in order to evaluate KU Cares and its impact. We will:

Keep your information secure on our databases for a period in line with our retention policy.
We may share some data for evaluation and research purposes with other Universities, the Office for Students (OfS), Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), the National Pupil Database (NPD) and similar public datasets.
Use this information to write reports on how well our work has gone as required by the University and the government. These will never include any identifiable information.

You don’t have to allow us to do this (in which case only essential data will be retained to run KU Cares) and this will not affect your applications to University in any way. You can always contact us and ask us to delete any information on kucares@kingston.ac.uk. Please note that as part of KU Cares we will use your contact details to send you information relating to the programme.