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Student Services at Sussex

Claire Powrie Director of Student Services. Student Services at Sussex. Student Services Division. Careers and Employability Centre Chaplaincy Counselling Service International Student Support Student Life Centre Student Support Unit Widening Participation. Careers and Employability.

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Student Services at Sussex

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  1. Claire Powrie Director of Student Services Student Services at Sussex

  2. Student Services Division • Careers and Employability Centre • Chaplaincy • Counselling Service • International Student Support • Student Life Centre • Student Support Unit • Widening Participation

  3. Careers and Employability • Linda Buckham, Director of the Careers and Employability Centre, is here and will talk about the service in detail

  4. Chaplaincy • There for students of all faiths or none • Chaplains from a range of faith groups • Quiet study room • Space for prayer and reflection • Close links with the Islamic Society and dedicated prayer facilities for Muslim students

  5. Counselling Service • Individual Counselling (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy) • Group therapy • Eating Disorders Group • Drug and Alcohol Counselling programme • Manage your Mood Workshops • Procrastination Workshop  • Insomnia Workshop 

  6. International Student Support • Sara Dyer, Head of International Student Support, is here and will talk in detail about the support offered

  7. Student Life Centre • The Student Life Centre offers information and advice on a range of issues including: • Personal concerns affecting study progress or well-being • Funding and finance including scholarships, bursaries and hardship funds • Sources of help to improve academic performance – identifying obstacles to learning • Understanding University systems and regulations in relation to assessment, services, complaints, conduct and discipline • Progression, intermission and withdrawal processes - discussion and support • Referrals to other professional services on campus

  8. Student Support Unit • Offers support and advice to prospective and current students with specific learning difficulties, unseen, mobility and sensory impairments, mental health conditions and autism spectrum disorders • Assists with applications for the Disabled Students’ Allowances • Assists with applications for personal care provision and liaison with Social Services as required • Liaises with University staff over teaching and examination arrangements • Arranges support workers, note-takers, scribes etc • Liaises with Residential Services over accommodation needs

  9. Widening Participation Team • Works with schools and colleges to advise students from low participation neighbourhoods about the opportunities available to them at university

  10. Other services for students • Advice and University of Sussex Students’ Union (USSU) The USSU Advice & Representation Centre can give students free, independent and confidential information, advice and support on a range of academic and non-academic issues. Delivered by professional advisers and elected student representatives : the service is independent from the University . • Residential Advisers in the University Halls of Residence: Residential Student Support Team In Residential Services, the Residential Student Support Team is for students living in University managed accommodation in order to help students to adjust to communal living and provide you with welfare support.

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