MPS Director of Student Experience

 Prof. Yuliya Kyrychko mps-dose@sussex.ac.uk 

Student Experience Coordinator

For general enquiries and assistance you can contact the Student Expereince Coordinator, Amy Wilkins mpsstudentexperience@sussex.ac.uk  
(Or pop by the MPS School Office on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday to speak in person).

Student Centre

The Student Centre provides advice and support on all areas of student support here at Sussex, including disability support, visas, finance, housing and general health and wellbeing. Their friendly Welcome Team can be contacted by email or phone, they are also open for face to face visitors 8:30am - 5pm Monday - Friday. The team will direct you to relevant service and help you make appointments should you need 1:1, confidential, support. 

You can also use My Sussex to access support services, find information or advice.

Academic Advisors

Your academic advisor is there to discuss and support your academic progress. You can check the name and contact details for your advisor on Sussex Direct. 

Your Student Reps

If you have feedback about your course or modules, or ideas for an idea for an extra curricular activity that might be of interest to others in MPS you can contact your student rep. Each year cohort has at least one rep, and we also have additional student reps for specific groups including LGBT+ students, neurodiverse students and international students. 

Student rep nominations and elections take place in September/early October and are run by the Student's Union. 
Current student reps for Maths
Current student reps for Physics

In an Emergency

• If you are on-campus, please contact Security on 01273 873333 (or 3333 internal phones). You can also use the campus phones with flashing blue lights.
• Call  999 if you are off campus. 

Non-emergency, non-academic concerns

Student Hub, and Student Centre

For any non-academic concerns, please contact the Student Centre on 01273 075700 or use use My Sussex 

For welfare concerns in the residences, please email residentiallife@sussex.ac.uk

Report + Support

If you or someone else has experienced behaviours such as bullying, harassment, a hate incident, sexual violence, domestic abuse, or discrimination, you can let us know using Report + Support  

Mental Health

(including out of hours assistance)

For an overview and further information on all the support available please see the Student Hub Mental Wellbeing pages.

If you are in crisis:

If you have reached crisis point and feel at risk of self-harm or of harm to others, call 999, visit A&E or call the Mental Health Rapid Response service (MHRRS) on 03003 040078.

You can also access the 24/7 mental health crisis line (also known locally as Sussex Mental Healthline) by calling 111 and selecting the mental health option.