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The Wee Campus

Wee Campus is an online digital community that has been developed and co-designed with students with experience of care to be a safe place to engage, share experiences, advice, find information, and encourage others through their higher education journey. We are open to all and believe everyone wants to be the best they can be, wants to be there for others, and with the right support can excel.

 

What we offer: 

  • A safe place to connect with other further and higher education students with care experience  
  • Share experiences and guidance; learning from other students through sharing experiences 
  • Find Information and seek advice 
  • Encourage others through their further and higher education journey 
  • Signposting to resources available at colleges and universities Scotland wide 
  • Signposting to resources relating to student life 
  • We are open to all further and higher education students with care experience Scotland wide.  We define care experience as including all experiences of care for any length of time.  This includes all forms of kinship care (informal, formal, and anywhere in-between), foster care, residential care, secure care, being looked after at home, and adoption.  No one at the Why Not? Trust will ask for evidence of care to join Wee Campus or to receive support from the Why Not? Trust.  
  •  Current list of relevant information/support available for prospective and current students with care experience offered from various colleges and universities in Scotland.  As of Summer 2025, we have had 23 institutions respond, the results from which can be viewed here.  

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Check out our latest report on our first year of Wee Campus

Wee Campus - One Year Review

Find out about what Wee Campus is all about on our latest blog

Introducing The Wee Campus: An Online Support Network for Students with Care Experience.

Are you a supporter of Wee Campus students?

In summer 2023, we conducted a survey of universities and colleges across Scotland to gather important information and support available for prospective and current students with care experience. The most sought-after information included accommodation, funding, and evidence of care experience. As of Summer 2025, we have had 23 institutions respond, the results from which can be viewed here.  If you'd like to participate in the survey or update your institution’s information, please contact us at hello@whynottrust.org.

How to Join:

If you are a FE/HE student (currently studying or actively applying) in Scotland with care experience, you can join the Wee Campus community by signing up using one of the methods below: