Accessibility statement

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.