Newcastle University

Student Welfare and Support

The University provides excellent welfare and support services, including the Counselling and Wellbeing Service, offering information, help and advice to all our students.

Support information is also available for:

• mature students
• students with children
• students with disabilities
• international students

Personal Tutor System

When you arrive at the University you will be assigned a personal tutor as part of the the University's Personal Tutor System. Your tutor will be a member of academic staff who will be able to advise you on all academic and non-academic matters and will also be able to direct you to the relevant welfare and support service if you need guidance on any matters of a personal nature.

The relationship between a tutor and tutee is confidential. Students should be able to talk freely to their tutors as information will not generally be divulged to other colleagues or agencies without a tutee's consent.

Accommodation

All students who put Newcastle as their first choice are offered accommodation in one of the University Student residences for their first year. This enables everyone to meet a wide cross-section of people and make friends in other disciplines.