{"id":14576,"date":"2017-02-08T10:50:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T10:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:14:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:14:45","slug":"how-to-make-uni-a-place-like-home-the-ultimate-guide-to-bus-welfare-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2017\/02\/08\/how-to-make-uni-a-place-like-home-the-ultimate-guide-to-bus-welfare-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make uni a place like home: The ultimate guide to BU’s welfare and support"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of us are afraid to face the anxiety of\u00a0first going to uni; especially if we have to move away from home and sometimes even to another country. An independent life starts; we have to learn to live, study and struggle financially and emotionally\u00a0– without mommy always around to back us up when something happens. It’s easy to\u00a0think \u201cI miss my home. I wanna go home. Everything I need is there\u201d. You might think it\u00a0over and over again but only until you discover\u00a0that \u201cUni can actually be a place like home\u201d. You can feel always feel safe and happy if you are aware and make use of the huge variety of welfare and support activities that BU offers you, ranging from a dedicated medical center to support with your finances,\u00a0and everything in between.<\/p>\n

\"Medical<\/a>Student Wellbeing:<\/strong> If you are currently experiencing problems such as stress, worry, homesickness, panic, sleep disorders and other mental issues, head to Student Wellbeing<\/a>. There are a range of support options tailored to your needs, for example support from a Student Wellbeing Advisor, support for a Counsellor, drop-in support, workshops and other useful information.<\/p>\n

Medical center<\/strong>: BU Student Medical Center<\/a> is located in Talbot House on the Talbot campus<\/a> and offers a full range of medical services\u00a0and health and sexual advice. It is open 8.45am-5pm, Monday-Friday, term-time only.<\/p>\n

Careers Services<\/strong>: BU Careers & Employability Service<\/a> arms student with the tools and knowledge to become competitive in the job market. You can get support on topics including part-time\/full-time\/placement\/graduate job opportunities<\/a>, recruitment processes, tips on CV writing<\/a> and interview style<\/a> and more. The Careers Centre<\/a> is located in The Edge Student Development Centre<\/a> (outside the Sir Michael Cobham Library\u00a0on Talbot Campus)\u00a0and is open Monday-Friday 8.45am-4.30pm.<\/p>\n

Disability & Additional Learning Support: <\/strong>The Disability & Additional Learning Support<\/a>\u00a0service helps students with sensory\/physical disabilities, specific learning differences, medical conditions, mental health difficulties and temporary injuries to develop strategies for success in learning and work. They have 2 offices in Talbot (opening 9am-4pm Monday-Friday\u00a0but it’s closed from 12 noon Wednesdays) and Lansdowne (Tuesdays open 10am-4pm term-time only).<\/p>\n

\"Make<\/a>Finance and support: <\/strong>This service<\/a> equips students with useful information on the types of funding available to students at BU, scholarships, emergency loans and grants, hardship funds and how to pay your tuition fees.<\/p>\n

Chaplaincy: <\/strong>The Chaplaincy<\/a> at BU supports all students no matter if they\u00a0have a faith or not. The multi-faith Chaplaincy is based on both campuses; providing a space for staff and students to relax and unwind whilst discovering the world of spirituality.<\/p>\n

Residential services: <\/strong>This service offers students info on different types of accommodation options<\/a>, how to settle in to your new accommodation and how to report any maintenance problems.<\/p>\n

Immigration and visas: <\/strong>This service is self explanatory really – it provides students with important information and advice related to immigration and visas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pfsss..Long post I know. But now I guess you’re convinced that \u201cUni can be a place like home\u201d right? BU cares for you in the same way that your family does. You just have to know where to find the support. And here it is \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of us are afraid to face the anxiety of\u00a0first going to uni; especially if we have to move away from home and sometimes even to another country. An independent life starts; we have to learn to live, study and struggle financially and emotionally\u00a0– without mommy always around to back us up when something happens…. Read more » about How to make uni a place like home: The ultimate guide to BU’s welfare and support<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,336],"tags":[90,574,130,48,1770,1783,136,1233,575],"class_list":["post-14576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-blogs-archive","tag-accommodation-2","tag-additional-learning-support","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu","tag-bu-welfare","tag-careers-and-employability","tag-finance-2","tag-health-and-wellbeing","tag-support"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15287,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576\/revisions\/15287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}