Specialist Mentoring Service

Our qualified Specialist Mentors offer 1:1 sessions with Higher Education students to empower them to:

• Develop a better understanding and awareness of a their individual needs and how to ensure that these are met in university life and academic study
• Design coping strategies and approaches that enable students to overcome barriers to learning and manage their studies successfully and independently
• Create person-centred strategies that support with time management and organisation
• Establish routines that promote positive wellbeing
• Discover effective strategies that facilitate positive communication with university services, peers or a department or faculty Signposting to University and local services for support available when needed.

This DSA accredited service aims to empower students to develop condition specific strategies that enable them to overcome barriers to learning.

Specialist Mentoring can support with:

• Developing a better understanding and awareness of the student’s condition and how it may impact on university life and academic study.
• Developing coping strategies and approaches that enable students to manage their studies successfully and independently.
• Reflecting on and reviewing progress towards achieving set aims throughout the academic year.
• Identifying and reviewing action points
• Time management and organisational planning
• Signposting to University and local services for support available when needed.

Specialist Mentoring cannot support with:

• Proofreading
• Academic teaching
• Counselling/ medical advice
• Advocacy

However, students will be signposted to and supported to access the most appropriate services and support when needed.

We are currently delivering sessions remotely.