Current Students

Two of the first people you meet at university will be your personal tutor and your peer mentor. Your personal tutor is an academic member of staff. They will provide academic and pastoral support and act as a link between you and the University. You'll have a personal tutor as soon as you register at the University. You will meet them during the first few weeks of your time at University.

You may hear from your peer mentor before you begin at University. Peer mentors are second and third year students. They guide new students through the first semester of studies and help them settle into life at Newcastle. You will meet them during induction week. They can provide practical advice about student life at Newcastle. They'll explain what to expect in lectures and other classes. Many students maintain contact with their peer mentors throughout their studies.

We also recruit teams of Study Skills and Maths Ambassadors each year. These are students in stage 2 and beyond of their degree who run drop-in sessions and stalls, and offer support in how to improve fellow students’ study and maths skills which often need to be adapted and refined in the transition from school to university study. Recruitment for these roles takes place early in Semester 1 each year – for more information, please contact Dr Michèle Sweeney and Dr Lindi Chen (Study Skills) or Dr Harley Stevenson-Cocks (Maths).

You'll also have support from senior tutors, the Degree Programme Director and Head of School.

Student Wellbeing and the Student Advice Centre are university wide services that can help advise and support you. 

Student Wellbeing work to support students to maximise their academic potential and gain the most from their time at Newcastle. This includes help with physical and mental health, financial support, hate and sexual violence support. Although based in King’s Gate, there is a student wellbeing advisor based in the School who you can contact and there is also further information on the SBNS Student Wellbeing Canvas course.

The Student Advice Centre is based in the Newcastle University Student Union and provides independent advice on a range of topics including housing, accommodation and finance.

You can get help with academic skills such as academic writing and time management as well as maths problems from the  Academic Skills Team and Maths Aid. The University Library provides these services. 

NUSU societies offer welcome events and social activities throughout the year, including during vacations.

Newcastle University has a truly diverse and global community. We have over 5,000 International students from more than 120 countries. When International students arrive there is airport meet and greet, and a range welcome and social events running through International Welcome week. You can meet with people from your country or faith through Newcastle University Student Union societies as well as trying out a range of activities and sports. International students receive support from peer mentors, personal tutors and student wellbeing as a member of Newcastle University.

Biomedicine+ is a series of exciting lectures by prominent researchers in the university. In these they present an overview of their research and how this has in some cases changed treatment and outcomes for patients as well as their career paths. Biomedicine+ provides a fantastic opportunity. You'll find out how your learning fits into the bigger picture of research and medicine.

The programme is particularly relevant to Stage 1 students, and the talks are suitable for all levels of study.

Recent lectures have covered subjects as diverse as childhood cancer, lung transplantation, microbiome, and foetal heart development.

Biomed Back for the Future (BBFTF) is a scheme in which we invite alumni of our biomedical and biomolecular sciences degrees to come back and deliver sessions about their career paths since leaving university. The BBFTF programme is a great way to hear about the variety of career destinations your degree opens up.