Preparing your child for university

Your son or daughter going to university is a big deal. Many parents and guardians can get overwhelmed with the process of preparing their children for university, we hope this page will give you some insight into what you may want to consider.

Move-in day – it’s a big deal not only for our freshers but for their loved ones too. Find out how the parents and guardians of our newest #LboroFamily​ members felt, and how they were reassured by the buzz of welcome activity going on around them.

Transition into university!

Pathways Parent Ambassadors Q&A Panel

Meet Katie and Mark - parents who supported their children to university, and share their experience of this with us!

Pathways is the partnership of higher education providers in Leicester City, Leicestershire and Rutland and is one of 29 partnerships around the country, as part of the Office for Students Uni Connect programme.  Uni Connect is focused on local areas where higher education participation is lower than expected, given the GCSE results of the young people who live there.

Topics covered: 

Student Finance (Timestamp: 2:13)

Student Support (Timestamp: 7:16)

Finding out more/Signposting (Timestamp: 26:09)

 

Some hints and tips on what to pack

List of items that students could bring to university, with some of the items placed on a floor together.

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