University of St Andrews
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1. Advice and Support Centre (ASC)
The Advice and Support Centre (ASC) is the main Student Services hub and a place where students can drop in, call or email for information or advice. Students can contact the ASC for a range of matters, from questions about finances to academic advice and wellbeing support.
2. Life and Wellbeing Advice
Our Wellbeing Advisers can help you if you need advice about your wellbeing, academic and university experience. We use positive psychology tools to help students overcome and manage their difficulties. You don’t have to have a mental health concern to meet with us, we are here to help.
3. Counselling and Mental Health Support
The counselling team supports student wellbeing and mental health using a range of therapeutic approaches and interventions to help students overcome challenges and reach their academic and personal goals. Our Mental Health Coordinators are responsible for supporting you if you are experiencing significant mental health difficulties.
4. Disability Support and Advice
We work with students one-to-one to develop tailored support plans to help them thrive at university. This can include adjustments to teaching and learning. We can liaise with schools and accommodation to ensure you have physical access to teaching, learning and living spaces.
5. Financial Support and Advice
The Money Advice team offer advice to students facing financial difficulty and those seeking advice on topics from budgeting and benefits to tax and scholarships. We administer several funds, which are available to support you financially and can offer University loans to help with temporary cash flow problems.
6. Advice on academic issues
The Student Services team can provide advice and support on academic matters, from absence reporting to taking time out.
7. Residential Support
Each halls of residence has a Halls Life Team to provide support to residents. They hold drop-in office hours and provide overnight and weekend on-call services for emergencies. They also organise community-building social events and work to ensure halls of residence are safe, respectful and inclusive environments.
8. Student Health Hub
Our Student Health Hub team can help you to access the most appropriate health advice, information or NHS service.