The transition to university life can be challenging for both students and parents. If your child is living independently for the first time you may be concerned about their wellbeing. There are steps you can take to help support your son/daughter at this time:
The transition may be more difficult if your son/daughter already has specialist learning difficulties, has experienced mental health problems or other form of disability. Due to confidentiality we cannot disclose any information at all to you about your son or daughter. If however you are very worried you can ring and give us information, though we cannot then discuss how we are going to respond to it. We can also reassure you that support is available and we would urge you to speak to your son or daughter and encourage them to contact us.
Occasionally some students experience problems with their wellbeing and you may notice a change in their appearance or/and behaviour. The following are some indicators that may warrant concern:
If you have any concerns regarding a student it is understandable that you may wish to contact student wellbeing services yourself, you can give us information but we are unable to give any information to you due to confidentiality reasons. It is best however if you can please encourage the student to contact us directly. We are able to offer a wide range of services to help with financial advice, mental health, disability, specialist learning difficulties and medical issues.