TY - JOUR AU - Todd, Andrea PY - 2023/02/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Let's get visible: evidence-based interventions aimed at supporting, empowering and celebrating student-parents in higher education. JF - Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education JA - JLDHE VL - IS - 26 SE - Papers DO - 10.47408/jldhe.vi26.920 UR - https://journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldhe/article/view/920 SP - AB - <p>This paper analyses the findings of a two-stage small-scale research project investigating the needs of undergraduate students with dependent children (‘student-parents’) studying in a post-1992 university. The findings of Stage 1 of the study, using data from semi-structured interviews with student-parents, show that student-parents need two things from their institution: a sense of belonging and flexibility. In Stage 2, a questionnaire survey was used to explore the impact of two interventions piloted during the 2021-22 academic year to address the Stage 1 findings. The paper then presents the next steps in this project: co-creation, with students, of systems designed not only to make visible our student-parent community but also to support, empower and celebrate their identities as student-parents.</p> ER -