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Shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Award for Outstanding Support for Students in 2010 and 2011

Most students need support or guidance from time to time and Student Support is a good place to start. Student Support offers confidential advice and information on many issues to assist you through your time at University. These include adjusting to University life, financial concerns and immigration issues. We provide support to disabled students and students with Specific Learning Difficulties, mental health difficulties or long term medical conditions. We also provide support to students in University accommodation through the Residents' Support Network (RSN).

Contact details and opening times of your local Student Support office

Featured Links:

• NEW The summer term edition of the International Students' Newsletter is now available.

• NEW If you have had a problem which you feel has affected your coursework or exams during the academic year then you can make an appeal to the Board of Examiners under the Extenuating Circumstances guidelines.

• NEW Anxious about exams? Check out our guide to managing exam anxiety.

• NEW If you have a question about your funding you can fill out our online funding enquiry form.

• Wondering about your University of Essex bursary? Notifications have now been sent to eligible students.  If you think you should be eligible for a bursary but have not heard anything please contact Student Support and we will look into it for you.  You can see answers to frequently asked questions and check eligibility criteria on our student finance web pages.  Instalments were paid on 20 February and 15 May 2013. 

• We have added a link to the money manual for students (Managing Your Money at University) to our money management web page. We also have a page with links to budgeting tools.