Student Wellbeing Support Providers Information for Students

Some of the things your mentor can help you with:

• Developing strategies to build and sustain motivation and set personal academic goals
• Developing coping strategies for managing study-related stress and anxiety
• Building effective time management, study skills and exam preparation strategies

Your Academic Mental Health Mentor's role is to help you develop the skills and strategies to manage your wellbeing in an academic context. They do not provide subject-specific teaching, advise on course content, or proofread and edit your work. For subject-specific advice, please contact your Studies Adviser, Module Coordinator or Course Director.

Mentors do not provide therapeutic counselling support or mental health interventions. If you need this type of support, please contact the Student Wellbeing team (studentwellbeing@ulster.ac.uk)

Some of the things your mentor can help you with:

• Developing organisation, planning and time-management strategies
• Developing personalised revision strategies and approaches to exam preparation and deadline management
• Learning how to break down and approach academic tasks and assignments independently
• Developing strategies to manage changes in routine, transitions and university activities
• Developing strategies for managing stress, anxiety and social interactions in a university setting
• Building confidence and independent study habits

Your Autism Mentor's role is to help you develop the skills to study and learn independently. They do not provide subject-specific teaching, advise on course content, or proofread and edit your work. For subject-specific advice, please contact your Studies Adviser, Module Coordinator or Course Director.

Mentors do not provide therapeutic counselling support or mental health interventions. If you need this type of support, please contact the Student Wellbeing team (studentwellbeing@ulster.ac.uk)

Your AT Trainer will help you learn to use your assigned assistive technology software confidently and independently. The support they provide will depend on the tool you have been allocated and what it is designed to help with.

Depending on your software, your trainer may help you develop skills in areas such as:

• Planning, organising and structuring your work
• Reading, writing and proofreading support
• Note-taking, revision and exam preparation
• Time management and task organisation
• Referencing and research workflows

Your AT Trainer's role is to help you develop the confidence and skills to use your assistive technology independently. They do not provide subject-specific teaching, advise on course content, or offer support unrelated to your allocated software. For subject-specific advice, please contact your Studies Adviser, Module Coordinator or Course Director.

• Word process either handwritten or dictated/recorded material

• Attend classes/meetings/assessment on campus or by video link to provide you with an accurate BSL translation

A Campus Assistant provides practical support to help you move around and access university facilities. They can assist you with:

• Navigating around campus if you have mobility or sensory difficulties
• Carrying bags or equipment between locations
• Accessing canteen and other campus facilities

Campus Assistants do not provide personal care. If you require personal care support, please contact your Social Worker and University AccessAbility Adviser.

A Campus Assistant with Note-taking provides practical support to help you move around and access university facilities. They can assist you with:

• Navigating around campus if you have mobility or sensory difficulties
• Carrying bags or equipment between locations
• Accessing canteen and other campus facilities
• Providing clearly formatted notes from lectures, including the date and name of the lecture
• They will forward word-processed notes to you within 3 days of the lecture.

Campus Assistants with Note-taker do not provide personal care. If you require personal care support, please contact your Social Worker and University AccessAbility Adviser.

Your Dyslexia Coach will help you develop the skills and strategies to manage your studies independently. They can support you with:

• Developing essay structure and referencing skills
• Learning how to proofread and edit your own work
• Developing organisation and planning strategies
• Building effective reading and note-taking techniques
• Developing revision strategies and approaches to exam preparation

Your Dyslexia Coach's role is to help you develop the skills to study and learn independently. They do not provide subject-specific teaching, advise on course content, proofread or edit your work, or help you complete assignments. For subject-specific advice, please contact your Studies Adviser, Module Coordinator or Course Director.

Your Maths & Statistics Coach will help you develop the skills and confidence to tackle quantitative work independently. They can support you with:

• Demonstrating and teaching you how to work through general maths and statistics problems
• Reinforcing and explaining mathematical and statistical concepts and terminology
• Building confidence and independent problem-solving techniques

Your Maths & Statistics Coach's role is to help you develop the skills to study and learn independently. They do not provide subject-specific teaching, complete problems on your behalf, or advise on course content. For subject-specific advice, please contact your Studies Adviser, Module Coordinator or Course Director.

Your Note Taker will provide you with a written record of your lectures to support your studies. They can assist you with:

• Providing clearly formatted notes from lectures, including the date and lecture name

Your note taker will forward word-processed notes to you within 3 days of the lecture. Sharing any lecture resources such as PowerPoint presentations in advance will help them provide you with the best possible notes.

Note takers are not subject specialists and may not have expertise in your specific subject area.

Please note - you are responsible for informing your note taker of any changes to your lecture schedule, including cancellations or venue changes. Note takers are not permitted to take notes if you are absent from a lecture, unless your absence is disability-related and has been approved by Student Wellbeing.

Your Proofreader will review your written work and provide feedback to help you improve it. They will:

• Highlighting areas that may need attention, such as grammar, syntax, sentence structure and presentation of information

Your proofreader will return your work to you via email within 3 days of submission.

Proofreaders are not subject specialists. They will not make changes to your work or offer suggestions on the content or subject matter of what you have submitted.

Your Study Skills Coach will help you develop the academic skills and strategies to manage your studies independently. They can support you with:

• Developing academic writing, research and referencing skills and techniques
• Learning how to plan, structure and edit your own work
• Building effective reading, note-taking and critical thinking techniques
• Developing organisation, planning and revision strategies
• Developing approaches to exam preparation and technique

Your Study Skills Coach's role is to help you develop the skills to study and learn independently. They do not provide subject-specific teaching, advise on course content, or proofread and edit your work. For subject-specific advice, please contact your Studies Adviser, Module Coordinator or Course Director.