College News


Students for Students: The Student Support Team

20th November 2007

Fellow students – do you need some advice about College, about College life or your part in it? Have you got something you would like to talk about, but perhaps not with a member of staff or a member of your family?
 
STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS is a group, currently of second-years, set up to help you in exactly these ways.
 
Whether you’re having trouble making friends in College (or just having trouble with your friends!) or needing to share more personal problems STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS is here to help you.
 
Get in touch initially by our special confidential e-mail address studentsforstudents@hereford.ac.uk or via Heather in Student Services.
 
The group recently completed training sessions conducted by Wendi Beswetherick of CLD (the Youth Counselling Trust). Some of that training was during half-term, which just shows their commitment to help their fellow students and was a brilliant effort. Well done everyone!
 
Kate Merrick, Emily Price and Issy Cook are the group’s Co-ordinators while Lucy Letby is taking on the Secretary’s role and Louise Bishop and Peter King are handling publicity and posters.
 
The group who undertook the training course comprised Louise Bishop, Kim Evans, Emily Gardner, Dawn Howe, Peter King, Lucy Letby, Kate Merrick, Jane Phillips, Emily Price, Dale Prince – and the whole group is here to help and support you – along with Issy Cook, Laura Reeve-Black and Sam Wilson who, although unable to undertake the training (owing to other commitments), continue to support the aims of Students For Students.
 
While the group currently is comprised of second year students, it is intended to recruit further members from the current first year students in the near future. On your application form you were asked to indicate whether you have fulfilled a similar role at your old school, so we already have a pool of experience to tap into. Those who volunteer will be offered similar training to this year’s group, and then will be able to join the group in the summer term – a particular benefit when our second years are in the thick of exams.

Ed.

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