What to do when a student is thinking of leaving the University.

Planning for an outbreak, notification of events/incidents, communication with various parties and development of an emergency contacts list.

Tips for discussing sensitive matters with a student

Familiarise yourself with the procedure you need to follow if you are informed of a student death.

What to do if you are concerned that a student may be at risk.

What you can and can't do if you need to support or refer a distressed student.

Read how to support students who may commute to University.

How to support joint degree students on issues including a sense of belonging and needing support from two departments.

How to support LGBT students with issues such as misgendering, confusion from others regarding terminology and a perceived lack of LGBT role models at Essex.

Mature students may have to balance a home and university life, have dependants or be returning from a break from education.