Services Student Wellbeing Services A range of information advice and guidance Help with your finances Support for disabled students Specialist learning support Support for students with longterm mental health conditions ID: 601684
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Student Wellbeing ServicesSlide2
Student Wellbeing Services
A range of information, advice and guidance:
Help with your finances
Support for disabled studentsSpecialist learning supportSupport for students with long-term mental health conditionsCounselling and therapeutic supportReligion, faith and spiritualitySupport for exchange, Study Abroad and international studentsSlide3
Help with your finances
Student
Financial Support Team manage
financialsupport and awardsHardship funding for students experiencing financial difficulties Various scholarships, bursaries and prizes to UK, EU and international studentsUS Federal and Canadian Provincial fundingBudgeting and money managementOne-to-one student appointmentsDrop-in sessions 14.00 – 16.00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays
- Drop-ins are for quick straightforward queries
- Complex
queries require appointmentsSlide4
Support for disabled students
Discussion
regarding support
requirementsAssistance in applying for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSAs)Help to arrange assessments of study support requirementsLiaison with the Exams Office about exam arrangementsLiaison with academic schools regarding appropriate
supportDrop-in sessions 13.00 – 14.00 on Wednesdays and Fridays
(term time only)Slide5
Specialist learning support
Support
for students with a specific learning difficulty or an Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Development of study skills: specialist 1:1 tuition and signposting to study skills resources Support to develop social skills and access social activitiesAutism and Asperger Support Network (AASN): a peer-support group for studentsDrop-in sessions 13.00 – 14.00 on Wednesdays and Fridays (term time only)Autism/Asperger's drop-in sessions: 15.00 – 16.00 on Wednesdays (between following dates: 28/09
-26/10; 11/01-01/02;
17/05-07/06)Slide6
Support for students with long-term mental health conditions
Di
fficulties
usually lasting over a year or likely to do soMay include those with diagnosis of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, personality disorderProvision of reasonable adjustments to support students to engage in their studies eg additional time in examsSignposting to external services providing specialist assessment/treatmentSlide7
Counselling and therapeutic support
Without charge and available to all current students
Assessment
appointment:- book in person, by phone, via web form - short face-to-face appointment in King’s GateSignpost to relevant online materials/self-help resourcesOne-to-one sessions/groups
Refer to specialist services, internally and/or externally
Student Wellbeing staff available
to talk to if you’re worried about another Newcastle University student Slide8
Religion, faith and spirituality
C
haplains provide support to students of any faith or
none, including:Mindfulness sessionsConfidential listening and supportFaith exploration Signposting to appropriate local faith communitiesOpportunities for prayer and worshipSpiritual accompanimentSlide9
Support for exchange, Study Abroad and international students
Academic Exchange Co-ordinators based in schools are responsible for providing academic advice to make sure exchange activities meet the requirements of degree programmes
The Student Mobility Team facilitates
the exchanges by managing relationships with partner universities, paying out Erasmus+ grants to eligible students and supporting applications to Non-EU partners Support for incoming exchange and Study Abroad students Support for international sponsored studentsSupport and events for all international students on campus (e.g. HOST, Christmas events, International Community Day)Slide10
Other support available
Personal tutor
Accommodation Service
Visa and Immigration TeamStudent Advice Centre Students’ Union Sabbatical Officers and Part-time OfficersNightlineSecuritySlide11
Health, wellbeing and safety
All
students are encouraged to register with a doctor upon arrival in Newcastle – visit
www.nhs.ukAll students (up to age 25) going to university for the first time should have received the meningitis vaccine (Men ACWY) – if you have not, contact your doctorUniversity security – available 24/7 for
emergencies on campus
SafeZone – free new app for all students, connecting you directly to the University security teamSlide12
Student Wellbeing Services
Visit:
Level 2 Helpdesk, King’s GateTel: +44 (0) 191 208 3333Web: www.ncl.ac.uk/students/wellbeing