What we do
As well as helping to make your experience as a student as fulfilling and enjoyable as possible, we provide advice and guidance on a range of issues:
- student recruitment and admissions for undergraduate, specialist skills post registration development (SSPRD) and postgraduate teaching and research
- enrolment and registration
- programme administration
- funding and finance (we specialise in NHS student bursaries)
- student financial hardship
- welfare and guidance
- personal and domestic issues (childcare, relationships, sexuality).
In particular we provide more indepth knowledge, advice and guidance on the following:
Programme related
- student progression
- occupational health (pre admission checks and post admission immunisations)
- mandatory training monitoring
- sickness and absence recording and monitoring (trend analysis)
- uniforms and badges
- UKVI monitoring (overseas students)
- registration with professional statutory regulatory bodies (Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Pharmaceutical Council and Health and Care Professions Council)
- student retention and attrition
- access to dissertation library
- advice and guidance on PhD vivas and MSc dissertations.
Welfare and guidance related
- bullying and harassment issues
- sexual health supplies available free of charge (pregnancy tests, Chlamydia testing and contraception supplies)
- personal and domestic problems (e.g. relationship breakdown)
- personal identity and sexuality
- homesickness and loneliness
- mental health issues
- house share issues.
Financial
- NHS student bursaries (and associated allowances)
- budgeting advice (especially for new students)
- financial hardship advice
- NHS practice placement expenses and travel and dual accommodation expenses.