If you are verified as care-experienced, a care leaver, estranged, a student with a history of forced migration or a young adult carer, you are considered a Priority Group for King’s and some of your data may be shared with our services to make sure that you receive support throughout the application process and during your studies. Your data is only shared when we believe there will be a benefit to you, and circumstances surrounding your status are not shared across the university.

If you are an applicant to King’s College London this statement should be read in conjunction with the Applicant Data Collection Notice. If you are enrolled as a student at King’s College London you have agreed to the Student Data Collection Notice.

Please see below for examples of the teams who may be made aware of your status and contact details and therefore have access to your personal information on the Admissions Portal/Student Records. They include but are not limited to:

• Admissions: this ensures you receive contextualised admissions.
• Careers & Employability: this ensures you will be notified of career opportunities that you may wish to apply for.
• Ceremonies & Events: this is to provide you with a graduation package that will support your attendance to graduation at the end of your course.
• Data Governance & Security: this is to help us fulfil our legal requirements with reporting and maintain accurate records.
• Faculty staff: this ensures that select relevant staff in your faculty are able to allocate you to a personal tutor who is well placed to support you (your personal tutor themselves will not be informed unless you consent to this being shared by your Wellbeing Advisor).
• King's Sanctuary Programme: this will ensure students with experience of forced migration receive tailored information, support and opportunities.
• Money & Housing Advice: this ensures that the Money and Housing Advice you receive is relevant to your circumstances and tailored to your needs.
• Residences: This ensures that if you apply for a place in King’s Residences, your application will be prioritised for both accommodation and the King’s Affordable Accommodation Scheme.
• Student Funding: this ensures you receive the annual Care-experienced and Estranged Student bursary.
• Student Transition & Outcomes: this team processes on course verifications, and may invite you to participate in schemes which may enhance your student experience.
• Social Mobility & Widening Participation: this ensures you receive specific pre-entry information and guidance related to your circumstances. This team will automatically enrol eligible new first year students in the King’s Plus Programme and share regular communications specific to your circumstances.
• Student Wellbeing: this ensures that your Faculty Wellbeing Advisor can reach out to you and provide specific information, support and guidance related to your circumstances throughout your studies.

Please note that from 2024-25 entry, Priority Group students are also captured by a new Widening Participation flag on Student Records. This makes services aware that a student is from a background that is traditionally underrepresented at university, and therefore they may want to provide relevant support or information. This also allows faculties to communicate with students who may benefit from certain opportunities, funding or support. Further details around a student’s specific background are not provided.