Testimonial #26

I saw my student advisor a number of times at the end of my second year, at a point where I was very depressed and anxious. I had a death in the family and was feeling very pressured about getting my work done and trying to transfer into a different degree course whilst also trying to grieve. The help that I was given by my student advisor - both emotional and practical - was invaluable. The service was very personal, private and his knowledge of the department and of my courses was really important. I am sure that if I hadn't been given the advice and care that I received, I wouldn't have been able to complete the year. I've read about the proposed changes to student advice services and it would be really damaging if they took place. The kind of holistic support the student advisors give at the moment has been highly praised by external assessments. It would be madness to replace them with the generalised, centralised and inevitably impersonal system that has been proposed.