- NHS medical and dental care on campus
- student advisors give help on a range of issues
- disability support and counselling services available to all students
- childcare facilities on campus for children up to five years old
- space to worship on campus for those of every faith
Health services
Health facilities on the Sussex campus include a dentist offering National Health Service (NHS) treatment (T +44 (0)1273 605555) and a pharmacy offering a prescription service and over-the-counter medicines for treating minor ailments. A health centre provides NHS care and is available to all Sussex students in the practice area, including students from overseas who are on a full-time programme of six months or more. For more information, refer to Health Centre or contact T +44 (0)1273 249049.
There is also an NHS health centre located in central Brighton, offering early morning, evening and weekend doctors' appointments and a walk-in service. It is open from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week and offers patients convenience and flexibility about when they can see a doctor. Visit Brighton Station Health Centre.
Students' Union
The Students' Union is an independent, representative organisation run for students by students. Students' Union officers, who are elected from the student body each year, make sure there is student representation throughout the University community. The Union also has strong links with the local community and media and, through the National Union of Students, with regional and Governmental bodies.
The Union and the University jointly administer the student representative scheme, which elects a student from every academic department to make sure all students' views are taken into account. The Union also supports a postgraduate society, which helps provide for the academic, professional and social interests of postgraduate students.
Every year a student postgraduate officer is elected to the Union, to represent postgraduate students at Sussex and promote their involvement in all aspects of Union activities. For more information, refer to Campus life and Students' Union.
Practical advice and pastoral support
At the heart of campus you will find our Student Life Centre, where a team of specially trained advisors is available to offer you information, advice and guidance. Support is available both for practical matters, including finances and University procedures, and personal matters. We also offer guidance on how to access more specialist types of support. The support available from our Student Life Centre complements the additional independent advice service provided by our Students' Union.
Advice and representation
Staff and student officers at the Students' Union Advice and Representation Centre can also provide confidential, independent advice and representation if you need help with funding difficulties, benefits/tax credits, debt, housing or academic issues. They can provide ongoing support and negotiate on your behalf. For more information, visit Students' Union: Advice.
Dyslexia, disability and mental health support
The Student Support Unit offers advice and support to all disabled students including those with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or ADHD, and students with mental health difficulties. The Unit is the main point of contact for any student with an impairment who requires additional support. The Disability, Dyslexia and Mental Health Advisors can advise on a range of issues, including funding for additional support, and arrangements for examinations and other assessments.
For more information, contact:
T +44 (0)1273 877466, or
E studentsupport@sussex.ac.uk
For more information about the support we can offer you when you are applying to Sussex, refer to Selection.
Counselling services
Staff at Psychological and Counselling Services (PCS) provide a free and confidential counselling service for all Sussex students. Issues may range from academic difficulties to emotional, sexual, family, and mental health concerns, as these may arise during the normal course of student life.
Everyone contacting PCS is offered an initial 30-minute interview at which issues and therapy options are discussed. Individual and group counselling, as well as cognitive behavioural therapy and stress management, eating disorder and substance misuse programmes, are included in the range of interventions offered.
For more information, contact:
T +44(0)1273 678156, or
E counsellingreception@sussex.ac.uk
Psychological and Counselling Services (PCS)
Childcare facilities
There is a nursery on campus for children from four months up to three years old, and a pre-school for children from three to five years old. Older children living on campus mostly attend nearby schools.
Anyone dependent on placing children in either the nursery or the pre-school is advised to apply directly to the childcare manager at an early stage.
The University also runs a number of social events each year for families of international students.
For more information, contact
T +44 (0)1273 678356, or
E nursery@sussex.ac.uk, or
E preschool@sussex.ac.uk
Facilities for worship
Sussex has one of the most versatile and beautiful university chaplaincy centres in the country. Known as the Meeting House, this distinctive circular building has a kaleidoscopic upstairs chapel with bright coloured-glass windows, which is used for worship throughout the week.
Services draw on different traditions of Christian spirituality, with chaplains from a range of denominations. The lower floor houses a social centre, which hosts lectures and meetings, and a quiet room for when you need space to gather your thoughts. The chapel also offers hospitality to the Buddhist and Tai Chi communities.
The Jewish community has three part-time chaplains and shares the use of the Meeting House; there is also a Jewish centre in Brighton.
The Muslim Prayer Room and mosque is in Falmer House on campus (with separate entrances for men and women), and there are two further mosques in Brighton.
