STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

• Simon Wright
• Director of Student Services

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Student Support Services

• A one-stop shop for
• Information
• Advice
• Guidance
• Support
• Counselling

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Student Support Services

• We aim to provide integrated, professional,
  student-centred services which offer information,
  advice and support to enable every student to
  develop and achieve their full potential.

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Student Support Services

• Money Advice and Support Office
• Student Counselling Service
• Disability Office
• International Student Advisory Service (ISAS)

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Money Advice and Support Office

• Eligibility for funding
• Money management Money Doctors
• Applying for hardship funds
• Benefits
• Help with childcare costs
• Help towards disability related costs

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• Hardship Fund Criteria for Post Graduate Students

• Evidence of financial planning required
  Demonstrate how you planned to pay for
  accommodation, tuition fees and basic living cost
  prior to course enrolment
• Unforeseen circumstance

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Student Counselling Service

• Free, professional, confidential service
• Male and female counsellors
• One-to-one appointments
• Group sessions
• Waiting list likely
• Emergency appointments available

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Disability Office

• Information, advice and support
• Support and specialist tuition for students with
  dyslexia
• Advice support for students with mental health
  difficulties
• Assessment of Needs for DSA

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International Student Advisory Service

• Information, advice and support for all non-UK
  students
• Visas, immigration police registration
• Employment regulations
• Travelling outside the UK
• Healthcare
• Dependants etc.

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But

• what if I need help with something else?

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.Start with Student
Support Services

• If we cant help you, we will find someone who
  can.

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Contacting Student Support Services

• In person Ground Floor Keir Hardie Building
  opposite the Library and Information
  Centre
• Open 9am 4.45pm weekdays
• Telephone [phone]
• Email student.services_at_swansea.ac.uk
• Web http//www.swansea.ac.uk/study/current
• /StudentSupportServices/

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Remember

• The only stupid question is the one you dont
  ask.