Information about our services

The GCU Student Wellbeing Service is a service for GCU students to support you during your time at Glasgow Caledonian University.

The service consists of the Disability Team, Counselling Team, Mental Health Adviser Team and Wellbeing Adviser Team who offer a wide variety of support for students.

You can find further information on this page on how to contact us and what each of the roles is within the Wellbeing Team. More information on the support we provide can be found throughout the GCU student wellbeing webpages.

Contacting us

The wellbeing service is located in the George Moore Building, on the first floor in room M136.

You can contact the Student Wellbeing Service using the information below.

Wellbeing-related enquiries

Disability enquiries

The GCU Wellbeing Service and GCU Disability Team are active on social media! Find a list of our social media accounts below:

GCU Wellbeing

Twitter : @GCUWellbeing

Instagram : @GCUWellbeing

Facebook : @GCUWellbeing

GCU Disability

Twitter : @DT_GCU

Instagram : @GCU_Disability

The Wellbeing Service also offers a newsletter for students and staff.

Student Wellbeing Service

Disability team

Mental health and wellbeing team

Counselling team

Advisers

Student Mental Health Advisers
Student Wellbeing Advisers

What are our roles?

The Student Wellbeing Service at GCU is made up of our  Mental Health and Wellbeing team, and Disability Team. Staff in these teams include our Counsellors, Mental Health Advisers, Wellbeing Advisers, Administrators, Project Officer for Student Mental Health, Disability Advisors, Disability Mentors and Disability Support Officer. Find out more about our teams below:

Counselling involves a series of confidential sessions where the counsellor/therapist and student will explore the student’s issues or concerns. These sessions take place at a regular, mutually agreed time. Counselling is not about giving advice or opinions, nor is it a friendly chat with a friend. The counsellor therapist will help the student to understand themselves better and find their own solutions to cope with or resolve their situation.

Counselling may involve talking about life events, feelings, emotions, ways of relating, of thinking, and patterns of behaviour. The counsellor/therapist will offer the student a safe, non-judgemental relationship to explore whatever concerns they may bring.

The service is staffed by a team of qualified counsellors and psychotherapists working with a variety of approaches. Most students meet with their counsellor or therapist for a series of anywhere between one and six weekly appointments.

Some of the most common issues which students ask for help with are low mood, anxiety and relationship problems. Many students benefit from exploring their emotions, thoughts, and behaviours in the confidential counselling setting.

Find out more at our counselling webpages

The role of the Mental Health Adviser is to support students who may be experiencing emotional or psychological distress or personal difficulties. The Mental Health Adviser will be able to co-ordinate support for students with mental health difficulties and act as a point of contact for the duration of your studies.

The Mental Health Adviser works alongside the disability service and counselling service, but it is not their role to be a counsellor. They will be able to support and encourage you to consider your rights and think about any additional resources which may help you to access education.

Each case will be viewed independently and will vary according to the students’ needs. As well as encouraging you to think about adjustments and resources, the Mental Health Adviser will be able to support you by providing interventions, offering advice and guidance, and signposting/referring to therapeutic and medical services when appropriate.

You can contact our Mental Health Advisers by emailing mentalhealthadviser@gcu.ac.uk.

Student Wellbeing Advisers can offer practical and emotional support to students experiencing a wide variety of problems that are affecting their studies and/or mental health and wellbeing. This can include, but is not limited to:

  • Supporting Student Carers through creating Carer’s Plans and providing ongoing assistance and advice.
  • Named contact for LGBTQ+ students providing emotional support and guidance
  • Supporting trans students with processes around updating student records
  • Advising and assisting with general welfare issues
  • Offering guidance to students who have concerns about a friend
  • Providing advice and signposting for students facing financial/hardship difficulties
  • Liaising with the academic department on behalf of a student
  • Signposting to support services within the university
  • Helping students identify and make links with appropriate external support
  • Supporting students who have experienced gender-based violence

You can contact our Student Wellbeing Advisers by emailing swa@gcu.ac.uk or by filling out the first appointment form.

Find out more at our Student Wellbeing Advice Webpages

The Disability Team provides advice, information and services to disabled students and applicants. This includes students with long-term medical conditions, sensory impairment, mental health difficulties, physical impairment, specific learning disabilities (e.g. dyslexia) and students on the autism spectrum. The Disability Team also provide support for alternative exam arrangements. Find out how to get support from the Disability team.

Disability Advisers

Disability Advisers provide advice, information and facilitate access to services and facilities for disabled students and applicants.

Disability Mentors

Disability Mentors assist in the preparation of accessible materials for students and provide a range of practical assistance to students to enable independent study and engagement in university life. They carry out dyslexia screenings, provide specialist mentoring support for autistic students and prepare and deliver guidance for staff in inclusive practice.

Do you provide evidence for Fit to Sit/Extreme Extenuating Circumstances?

Please note that the Wellbeing Service does not provide evidence for the Fit to Sit/Extreme Extenuating Circumstances processes. If you require supporting evidence please contact your GP. For further support with the process please contact the Advice Centre in the Students’ Association which will be able to assist you further.

Where can GCU London students find support?

If you are a student at GCU London, the Student Wellbeing service at GCU London offers a range of options to support and enhance student wellbeing.

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