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University Support for Students Experiencing Mental Health Difficulties Student Development and Support Services The Student Development and Support Services team aims to offer an integrated approach to student support by providing advice on any aspect of student life through its three teams: ‘Information and Advice, Counselling and Wellbeing and Career Development Centre’. These services are open to all students and offers confidential advice, information and counselling. The service is staffed by professional advisers and counsellors who are trained to support students during their time at University. All services are free and confidential. More information is available from the website at www. student-support.stir.ac.uk Students, who have a disability, including mental health difficulties, are strongly recommended to meet with the Disability Adviser, who is a member of the ‘Information and Advice’ team. The Disability Adviser can assist students to identify their support needs and ensure appropriate arrangements are put in place. The counsellors who work in the Counselling and Wellbeing team are trained in a range of counselling methods and are members of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Students may request to see a male or a female counsellor. Further information about the counselling service is available on their website at: www.counselling.stir.ac.uk As well as support for emotional and personal issues, ‘Information and Advice’ staff can help with practical issues, which may be causing concerns or difficulties. Academic Support for Students with Mental Health Difficulties The University recognises that students may experience mental health difficulties, which will affect their ability to study to varying degrees. Many students with mental health difficulties find that standard Departmental and University arrangements for delivering the curriculum are appropriate for them. However, there are some students for whom additional academic arrangements in coursework or exams are required. Students’ disclosing mental health difficulties may require support in one of the following ways: • Students who are able to continue to attend and to study, on the basis of the agreed academic arrangements. Students will follow courses, complete assessed work and attend examinations as normal, but Boards of Examiners will take into account their mental health difficulties when considering their performance and making decisions about academic progress. • Students will continue in their studies, requiring academic arrangements such as permission to be absent from certain classes or placements, or extensions to deadlines for submission of assessed coursework. • Some students may require a leave of absence from their studies. 18
Contact us: Information & Advice Centre Tel: 01786 467080 Fax: 01786 466806 Email: student.advice@stir.ac.uk Counselling & Wellbeing Tel: 01786 467080 Fax: 01786 466806 Email: student.counselling@stir.ac.uk Highland & Western Isles Campus’s Sheila McAulay Student Advisor Tel: 01463 255655; direct no. 01463 255611 Fax: 01463 255654 Email: Sheila McAulay: s.m.mcaulay@stir.ac.uk 19 19
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