Student Wellbeing Officers

Student Wellbeing Officers offer advice, guidance and support if you're experiencing personal or academic issues that are affecting your ability to engage with student life.

We are based in academic departments and offer a friendly, non-judgmental space for you to talk through challenges you're facing and, where appropriate, help you to navigate University services as well as other sources of support.

We work in partnership with the Open Door Team, but we’re based in, and work closely with, your department. This gives us an understanding and appreciation of the particular challenges and demands that each degree programme presents. We also have strong relationships with departmental staff which means that, where appropriate, we’re able to work together to advise and guide you through any relevant policies and procedures.

What happens if I get in touch?

When you contact your Student Wellbeing Officer, you’ll be offered a meeting where we’ll discuss what’s going on, explore the support options available and work together to come up with a plan to help you move forward.

We have links to colleagues in the colleges, the Student Hub and other support services so, if we don’t have the answers, we can usually point you in the direction of those who are best placed to help.

Find your Student Wellbeing Officer

Name
Email
Departments covered Appointments
Lucy Akturk lucy.akturk@york.ac.uk Language and Linguistic Science
Philosophy
Archaeology
Centre for Medieval Studies
Link to book appointments
Gemma Sanchez gemma.sanchez@york.ac.uk History of Art
School of Arts and Creative Technologies
Link to book appointments
Sarah Cox sarah.j.cox@york.ac.uk English and Related Literature Email to book an appointment
Jacqui Baker jacqui.baker@york.ac.uk Economics
Education
PGCE
Sociology
Centre for Women's Studies
Email to book an appointment
Sarah Cunnold sarah.cunnold@york.ac.uk

Law
Politics
Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Email to book an appointment
Sam Ellis s.ellis@york.ac.uk School for Business and Society

Link to book an appointment

Email to contact SBS Wellbeing Team

Leonie Raymond leonie.m.raymond@york.ac.uk School for Business and Society

Link to book an appointment

Email to contact SBS Wellbeing Team

Jennifer Glynn jennifer.glynn@york.ac.uk Chemistry
Biology
Biochemistry
Biomedical
Natural Sciences
Link to book appointment
Robert Bennett robert.bennett@york.ac.uk Environment and Geography Link to book an appointment
Rach Madison rachel.madison@york.ac.uk Engineering
Maths
Physics
Link for more details and appointments
Magda Praszczak vel Tracz magda.praszczakveltracz@york.ac.uk Computer Science Link to book appointment
Daisy Whitwood daisy.whitwood@york.ac.uk Psychology
Health Sciences
Link to book an appointment