Student Advice
The Student Advice team are available to offer advice, guidance and information on any matter whether it be personal, financial, course related or you may just need someone to share a problem with
Student advisors
Jan Collins and Helen Piper work as Student Advisors, dealing with matters of personal and financial concern. They can be contacted by email:
Jan.Collins@winchester.ac.uk
Helen.Piper@winchester.ac.uk
Internationalisation centre
Sunita Martin is the University’s International Student Officer. She is located in the Internationalisation Centre, Main Building Room 39.
Sunita is available to help students with non-academic issues and enquiries such as arrival enquiries, orientation, travelling to Europe, visa applications and extensions, opening bank accounts and will also direct students to the appropriate support elsewhere in Student Services or the university as appropriate.
The Internationalisation Centre also carries information on study abroad opportunities such as Erasmus exchange programmes and American Exchange/Visiting programmes.
During term-time, you can see Sunita by coming to one of her Drop-In session (no appointments required). These are run from 10am -12 noon on Mondays to Fridays in MB39, except on Thursdays when the drop-in session is at West Downs in the Business Faculty Office.
The International Student Handbook contains information to help you prepare for coming to the United Kingdom and starting your studies at Winchester. The University can help with transport from London Heathrow Airport, please book this by completing the Airport Pick-up request form available on our International Students page.
If you are interested in study abroad opportunities at the University of Winchester, or are a current student at the University of Winchester interested in going abroad to one of our partner institutions, please see the information on Visting, Exchange and Erasmus Exchange. The information in the link above is provided by Sarah Hanford, our Exchange and Visiting Student Officer, and all enquiries should be directed to her in the first instance.
Support for mature students
Student Services have produced a Handbook which has been written particularly with mature students in mind, and we hope will help answer some of the questions and concerns you may have. During the summer you will be sent an Induction Pack which is designed to make your first week at University as clear and straightforward as possible. During Fresher’s Week there will be a running programme of talks to help orientate you. Ahead of this you may also choose to attend “Back to Study”: a day course to help prepare you for Higher Education [an invitation and full details are included in your Induction Pack]. During enrolment you will be given a Student Handbook which provides essential information about the University departments, services and procedures.
Childcare
The University Nursery is run by Child Base Ltd and is located at West Downs Student Village. The nursery is registered with Social Services and offers care for children from the age of 6 weeks to 5 years, with 60 places available each day from 7.30am to 6.15pm on a full-time or sessional basis.
The nursery is open throughout the year, closing only for Bank Holidays.
Within the 60 places offered at the Nursery, there are 20 that can be booked on a term-time only basis for the children of students. The University is keen to help students with children and student places are subsidised. Further financial support is available for eligible students from the Access to Learning Funds.
Student Services contact
Details are available from Student Services reception or by emailing student.advice@winchester.ac.uk
West Downs Nursery contact details
For more information please contact:
- Helen Baker the Nursery Manager on telephone 01962 827393
- Website: West Downs Childbase Nursery