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Supporting students An overview of student support services and EUSA Alice Cummings-Advice Place Manager Edinburgh University Students Association What sort of support might be necessary? • A listening ear • Advice/Action to sort out a problem: money, somewhere to live, a problem with studying, visa issues, a combination of these! • Specific information on a topic – academic or non-academic • Help with confidence • Help with settling in/finding their feet • And lots of other things……and often more than one of these things at a time! Who can help? • You – sometimes! • A wide network of other people across the university in various support services: – – – – – – – – – Accommodation services Careers Chaplaincy Counselling Service Disability Office Health Centre Institute for Academic Development International Office Students Association – especially the Advice Place Accommodation Services • • • • Helping people to find accommodation Extensive support system Emergency on-call system Lynne Duff: Assistant Director “Residence Life” • Potentially useful for student in crisis, or if needing to arrange emergency accommodation Careers Service • • • • 1 to 1 tailored support and advice From 1st year to graduates Information centre Vacancy information – graduate, part-time, summer - via SAGE • Links with Schools: Employability • Employer events • Often useful for those students unexpectedly facing a change of course or uni, or who are leaving. Chaplaincy • • • • • • • ‘For all faiths and none’ Chaplain, Associate Chaplain Honorary Chaplains from several faith traditions Pastoral support: personal and/or spiritual Programme of workshops / talks / visits Support in emergencies (e.g student death) Chaplaincy centre: a place of welcome and quieter meeting place for students, and for many societies. Counselling Service • 1 to 1 counselling • Workshops on procrastination, relaxation, art etc • Groupwork for PhD students and those with depression • Bibliotherapy –self help reading scheme • Consultation for staff about students • Close liaison with other student services • Very useful ‘dealing with distressed students leaflet’ Student Disability Service • 1-1 advice and support for students • Produce individual Learning Profiles with recommendations for reasonable adjustments to be applied by Schools • Can help students access financial support to fund particular equipment etc • Joint work with Counselling Service on specific provision for students with mental ill health Health Centre • GP practice (1 to 1, plus clinics) • Liaison with other services and staff • Academic support (e.g certificates of fitness, medical certificates, support for students needing to negotiate suspension of studies, advice for DoSs etc) • Useful for advice in an emergency situation with a student Study Skills Advice • Based within new IAD: provides support for effective learning • Generic study skills workshops: exams, essays, dissertations, time management • Work with academics to devise appropriate subjectspecific sessions • Excellent student-friendly web resources • One to one work on study skills: long waiting list! • Specific study skills support for disabled students (must be referred via Disability Service) International Office • Currently the only place able to give advice on Immigration Issues • 2 Specialist Advisers offering appointments • Operate the “Batch Scheme” for Visa extensions The Advice Place • • • • • free informative impartial independent from the University Confidential • Money, Accommodation, Academic issues • 2 specialist academic advisers • Extended opening until 7pm on tuesdays Other EUSA projects you might like… • TANDEM – for language learning and to socialise • Peer proofreading • Volunteering centre • Over 300 student societies to help students meet people and feel at home