Leading up to the closure of Stand Alone charity on 30 April 2024, universities and colleges, sector bodies, third sector organisations, networks, all re-affirmed their ongoing commitment through signing the Stand Alone Legacy Pledge.
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After 12 successful and impactful years Stand Alone charity is closing. Read our statement to our stakeholders here.
The Stand Alone Pledge Awards 2023
Driving institutional change
This year's awards highlight and celebrate how the Pledge has brought about change in the institutional support for estranged students.
National online conference 7 December 2022
The cost of living crisis is affecting higher education students, and especially those estranged from parents & families. The HE sector is working hard to find ways to manage student poverty and havin...
The Stand Alone Pledge awards 2022 are for innovation and creativity in supporting estranged students's emotional wellbeing.
National online conference 28 March 2022
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Download the programme with workshops details here.
Stand Alone Pledge Awards 2018, 2020 and 2021
2021
For the Stand Alone Pledge Awards 2021 estranged students nominated their higher education institution. 52 students from 14 universities submitted their nominations.
A Stand Alone Pled...
Estranged students in HE: Finding a sense of home
Stand Alone held a Student Voice event at Scottish Parliament on 18 September 2019. The event was hosted by Gillian Martin MSP. Speakers and a panel of four current estranged studen...
Measuring and evaluating the impact and effectiveness of interventions for estranged students is difficult without any national data sets available.
But there are ways to gather and use quantitative data and qualitative measures to ident...